What is "bronzes"

Usage examples of "bronzes".

If the bronzes have half the quality of the terra cotta, collectors would quite literally kill for them.

Lindsay, her voice neutral, controlled, belonging to the curator of Ancient Chinese Bronzes for the Museum of the Asias rather than to a vaguely frightened, grieving daughter.

That room was empty but for seventeen bronzes waiting in a row on a long conference table.

The table was wide and placed so that whoever looked at the bronzes would face the hidden room.

Catlin as he went closer to the window and looked at Chinese bronzes for the first time in years.

Hidden microphones picked up each sound, giving the three watchers the eerie sensation that they were immaterial, invisible spirits hovering over the bronzes, seeing but not being seen, hearing but not being heard.

The Chinese have been faking early Shang bronzes for at least seven hundred years.

In Sung times there was a very powerful magistrate who would excuse all manner of antisocial behavior in exchange for ancient bronzes that carried inscriptions.

Unlike the other bronzes, the patina on this one was an even cinnamon color that showed off the gold-inlaid hunting scenes to spectacular advantage.

Lindsay proceeded down the line of bronzes, Catlin divided his attention between the two sides of the deceptive mirror.

For their decorations, Shang bronzes have symbols that make very clear statements about the relationship of man and the universe according to Shang precepts.

For all I know, the boss cooked up these bronzes at the local foundry.

In the first was the information that had come with the bronzes from their various museums.

Qin bronzes in China and see where and how quickly the information surfaced elsewhere.

He loved ancient bronzes, not because they were rare or valuable or fashionable, but because they whispered to him across an immense bridge of time, telling of people who had lived and laughed, wept and died.