Chinese bronze inscriptions

Chinese bronze inscriptions, also referred to as bronze script or bronzeware script, comprise <a href="/facts/Chinese_writing/F3QbQvtk">Chinese writing</a> made in several styles on <a href="/facts/Chinese_ritual_bronzes/HUmfvAv4">ritual bronzes</a> mainly during the <a href="/facts/Late_Shang/nupSx5Bg">Late Shang</a> dynasty (c. 1250 – c. 1046 BC) and <a href="/facts/Western_Zhou/v0V50ewQ">Western Zhou</a> dynasty (c. 1046 – 771 BC). Types of bronzes include zhong <a href="/facts/Bell_(instrument)/oU1E1JHg">bells</a> and <a href="/facts/Ding_(vessel)/vNW9NTha">ding</a> tripodal cauldrons. Early inscriptions were almost always made with a stylus into a clay mold, from which the bronze itself was then cast. Additional inscriptions were often later engraved onto bronzes after casting. The bronze inscriptions are one of the earliest scripts in the <a href="/facts/Chinese_family_of_scripts/g54b492T">Chinese family of scripts</a>, preceded by the <a href="/facts/Oracle_bone_script/xj9TSlNq">oracle bone script</a>.

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Chinese bronze inscriptions