A Brief Account of the Decorative Patterns on the bronze sculpture

Small column or column-free early (the Xia to the middle Shang), the column height of late (the late Shang and Western Zhou Dynasty), the column between relying gilt mouth the more the former as early as the column the closer by the gilt mouth even in the between gilt port, the later; Enough fine-tipped and straight, early toe outside the write by night. The rhythmic changes in density of the bronze sculpture. Decorative patterns on the bronze, carved, or embossed cast, wide range of subjects, the time evolution of the various types of ornamentation provides an important basis for the identification of bronze. Decoration motif can be divided into five main categories of geometric patterns, animal prints, plants, lines, character lines and building lines.
The geometric pattern refers to the design patterns from a combination of point, line, circle. Means protruding device table decoration of cylindrical emulsion. Some arranged in a single line, and some cloth into a square, and some are placed in the box, decorated with common facilities Ding, Gui abdominal appearance. The bronze sculpture stressed on repeated use of curves and arcs.  First appeared in the Shang dynasty, popular in the Zhou Dynasty. Refers to the continuous cyclotron lines sketched by geometric pattern. Some round, and some do square. Decorated common facilities on the vessel neck, foot table, but also have to do to pattern. Popular in the Shang and Zhou continued until the Spring and Autumn Period.
Collusion between the thunder pattern. To approximate the "T" form of collusion between the pattern of fill to mine pattern. First appeared in the providers, popular in the late Shang weekly, continued until the Spring and Autumn. Staggered by the two above the wave line kinking a rope-like pattern. Shi Ding, beans, Dun top, belly, feet table. Popular in the late Spring and Autumn to early Warring States period. The bronze statue highlighted the sense of direction and movement and so on.  Back from both ends of the hook was the pattern of the "S" shape lines constitute a "S"-shaped prolate intermediate common to fill the mesh pattern. Prevalent in the Western Zhou Dynasty in the late, continued until the Spring and Autumn.
Animal pattern refers to the simulation of some animals (including positive head fantasy or legendary animals) or sideways, like the creation of design patterns. The utilization of calligraphy primarily finds expression in the inscriptions on the chinese bronze.  Big eyes wide open, fangs exposed, there is an opposing ears or horns in the forehead, between the two mesh of Fei edges or artifacts edge feet nose, the two sides of a pair of claws grim legend of the greedy beasts. More common in the This Shi decorated Ding, Ge, Gui, pots, MG, respect and other artifacts, neck, abdomen, ears, is for enough tables, theme decorations, substrates to Yunlei Wen. Prevalent in the Western Zhou Dynasty bronze dragon as early as the mid.