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Metals and metal-working in old Japan . MIRRORS FROM DOLMEN IN HIGO. Japan Society: Transactions, Vol. XIII.—METALS AND METAL WORKING IN OLD JAPAN.—Gowlatid. [Plate XVII.]—/ace ^. 6-/.. BRONZE DOTAKU (Tokyo Imperial Museum). Japan Society: Transactions, Vol. XIII.—* METALS AND M?:TAL WORKING IN OLD J APAN.—Gotc;/aH(i. [Plate —/ace/>. 67. A ( 65 )with them objects for personal adornment and domestic orceremonial uses. In Western Asia the earliest practice of the art is shroudedin the mists of an extreme antiquity. Certain bronze figuresfrom Chaldaea are attributed to a period not late
Metals and metal-working in old Japan . MIRRORS FROM DOLMEN IN HIGO. Japan Society: Transactions, Vol. XIII.—METALS AND METAL WORKING IN OLD JAPAN.—Gowlatid. [Plate XVII.]—/ace ^. 6-/.. BRONZE DOTAKU (Tokyo Imperial Museum). Japan Society: Transactions, Vol. XIII.—* METALS AND M?:TAL WORKING IN OLD J APAN.—Gotc;/aH(i. [Plate —/ace/>. 67. A ( 65 )with them objects for personal adornment and domestic orceremonial uses. In Western Asia the earliest practice of the art is shroudedin the mists of an extreme antiquity. Certain bronze figuresfrom Chaldaea are attributed to a period not later than2000 , and, although of archaic form and rude execution,indicate that the casting of bronze must have been followedin that country even before that remote date. In China, according to ancient records, an almost equallyremote date is claimed for bronze. At the beginning of theHsia dynasty (2205 ) it is recorded that the Emperor Yucast the famous bronze Tripod Cauldrons from metal sent upfrom the nine provinces, which were preserved as palladia ofthe empire until about the third century In Japan the founders art has a much less antiquity; itdoes not extend
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