The identification of copper casting handicrafts is mainly divided into three aspects: 1. Workmanship 2. Modeling 3. Raw materials. The copper crafts before the wartime period were all bronzes made of copper-tin-lead alloys. The greater the tin content, the lighter the gray color of the copper. The bronze wares from the Shang to the Warring States period were pure in copper and rarely contained sand. The bronze wares of the Song Dynasty were composed of copper, tin, lead and a small amount of zinc, and the copper color was yellow to reddish. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the cast copper handicrafts contained less tin, and more and more lead and zinc components were copper-colored and yellowish.

Bronze handicraft has a long history in my country, it is both a difficult technology and an art. Handicrafts have certain ornamental value and commemorative value. With the development of society, people have higher and higher demand and requirements for sculpture. The material of brass is not very expensive, and it is only tens of yuan/KG. It depends on whether the process of the casting process is complicated. If it is mass production, the cost of each process should not be very high. If it is a single manufacturing If so, it might be expensive. Luoyang Jinshunfu Jewelry Co., Ltd. is a professional jewelry processing factory with a large production scale and strong technology in our province. Today, Luoyang Jinshun Xiaobian will share with you the four characteristics of pure copper handicraft ornaments.

Characteristics of copper handicraft ornaments

First of all, Chinese copper handicrafts are widely distributed and of high quality. The most concentrated area of unearthed copper handicrafts in China is the Central Plains, but its distribution range is far beyond the Central Plains. Copper handicrafts have been found in the northeast, northwest, Bashu, Lingnan and even Tibet and fishing islands in the East China Sea. These copper handicrafts are vivid and exquisite in shape, with different styles, showing their own different artistic styles. For all kinds of copper handicrafts, the caster accurately adjusts the ratio of copper to tin according to different hardness requirements, so that the quality of the utensils is excellent, which is beyond the reach of foreign copper handicraft castings.

Second, there are a large number and variety of copper handicrafts in China. No one can count how many copper handicrafts there are in China. Because of the large number, the variety of Chinese copper handicrafts is also extremely rich, not only wine vessels, water vessels, food vessels, weapons, ritual vessels, but also carts and horses, farm implements, tools and various household utensils and other utensils. Numerous copper craft dishes, vivid and colorful, are dizzying. The large number and variety of Chinese copper handicrafts undoubtedly increase the difficulty of identification, which is one of the characteristics of Chinese copper handicrafts.

Third, Chinese copper handicrafts based on containers are also unique in the world's bronze culture. As far as the world is concerned, from the Indus Valley to the Balkan Peninsula, from the Minoan civilization to the Mycenaean civilization, most of its representative works of copper handicrafts are weapons, such as ge, spear, knife, arrow, sword, halberd, arrowhead, etc. China, on the other hand, mainly focuses on containers that are difficult to cast and have complex decorations. These vessels, especially the tripod, are important national weapons. Its profound meaning, rich connotation, and the mystery intertwined with politics have always been of interest to connoisseurs and collectors. In addition, European bronze culture is represented by weapons, and Chinese bronze culture is represented by containers. Whether the former is aggressive and the latter is conservative is unknown. If you are interested, appraisers can study.

Fourth, the inscriptions on objects can be said to be the biggest feature of Chinese copper handicrafts. The vast majority of bronze artifacts around the world have no inscriptions, only a small number of copper artifacts unearthed in India or cast with very short inscriptions. More than 10,000 pieces of ancient Chinese bronzes with inscriptions have been unearthed, and there are many masterpieces and masterpieces. These inscription fonts, either rough and bold, or vigorous and powerful, have a very high appreciation value of calligraphy.

Pure copper handicraft ornaments look very simple, but in fact, the production process of modern copper handicraft ornaments is by no means a general and simple process of assembling and stacking, but requires professional casting technology, sculpture, mold opening and other multi-faceted and complex process operations. , run-in, through the use of copper alloy material suitable for casting sculpture, high temperature, hot melt casting.

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