Identification and Characteristics of Copper Cast Crafts

The appraisal of copper casting crafts is mainly divided into three aspects: 1, workmanship 2, modeling 3 and raw materials. The copper crafts before the war period were all bronze ware of copper-tin-lead alloy. The greater the composition of tin, the lighter the gray color of copper. Shang to the Warring States period of copper copper is pure, rarely containing sand. Bronze ware of the Song Dynasty, composed of copper, tin, lead and a small amount of zinc, the copper color is yellow and red. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties cast copper crafts containing less tin components, lead and zinc components more and more copper yellow.

Copper crafts in China has a long history, it is not only a difficult technology is an art. Crafts have a certain ornamental value and commemorative value, with the development of society, people's demand and requirements for sculpture are getting higher and higher. Brass is not very expensive, it is only a few tens of yuan/KG, this depends on whether the casting process is complicated, if it is mass production, the process cost of each should not be very high, if it is a single manufacturing, it may be extremely expensive. Luoyang Jinshunfu Jewelry Co., Ltd. is a large-scale and technically strong jewelry processing factory in our province. Today, Luoyang Jinshunxiaobian will share with you the four characteristics of pure copper handicraft ornaments.

The characteristics of copper crafts ornaments

First of all, China's copper crafts are widely distributed and of high quality. The area where copper handicrafts are unearthed in China is the Central Plains, but its distribution is far beyond the Central Plains. Copper handicrafts are found in the northeast, northwest, Bashu, Lingnan and even Tibet and the East China Sea fishing islands. These copper crafts are vivid and exquisite, with different styles, showing different artistic styles. All kinds of copper crafts, foundry according to different hardness requirements, accurate proportion of copper and tin, so that the quality of the utensils, which is foreign copper crafts cast products.

Second, the number of Chinese copper crafts, a wide variety. Exactly how many pieces of copper handicrafts there are in China, this is no one can count the number. Because of the large number, the variety of Chinese copper handicrafts is also extremely rich, including not only wine vessels, water vessels, food vessels, weapons, ritual vessels, but also carts and horses, agricultural tools, tools and various daily utensils. A large number of copper crafts dishes, modeling vivid, colorful, 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 crafts based on containers are also unique in the world's bronze culture. As far as the world is concerned, from the Indus River Basin to the Balkan Peninsula, from the Minoan civilization to the Mycenaean civilization, most of its copper handicrafts are represented by weapons, such as Ge, spear, knife, arrow, sword, halberd, arrowhead, etc. However, China mainly focuses on containers with difficult casting and complex decoration. These containers, especially the tripod, are heavy for the state. Its profound meaning, rich connotation, and the mystery of political entanglement has always been an issue of interest to appraisers and collectors. In addition, European bronze culture is represented by weapons, and Chinese bronze culture is represented by containers. Whether the former is aggressive, while the latter is content with conservatism is unknown. If you are interested, you can study it.

Fourth, the inscriptions can be said to be the main characteristics of Chinese copper crafts. The vast majority of ancient copper crafts around the world have no inscriptions, only a small number of copper crafts unearthed in India or cast with very short inscriptions. More than 10,000 pieces of Chinese ancient bronze ware with inscriptions have been unearthed alone, and there are many long-form famous articles, such as Mao Gong Ding's inscription, which is 497 words long. These inscription fonts, or 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 manufacturing 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-directional complex process operations and running-in, and is made of copper alloy material suitable for casting sculpture, high temperature and hot melt casting.

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