Foreword EditoriaI Notes Bronze Ware IntrodUCtiOn tO Bronze Ware Ritual Cooking Vessel(Fang Ding) Ding Food Vessel Ritual Grain Server(Gui) with Spikes，Ribs，and，Dragons Ritual G rain Server(Gui) with Square Base and Masks Dragons，and Birds Covered Food Container Rectangular Tureen(Fu) Beast Face Pattern Yan Twin.Bi rd Knob BO Goblet Beaker Ritual Wine Vessel(Hu) B ronze Gong Spouted Wine Vessel(Gong) Xiang Yue Gong Ox—Shaped Gong Wine Container Owl—Shaped You Hushi ren You Wine Vessel(You) Ritual Wine Vessel(You) Ceremonial Wine Vessel with Cover Flask(Bianhu) Covered Jar(Hu) Wine Container Human Face He Beast Face Pattern Zhi Wine Container(Pou) Wine Vessel(Zun) Lidded Ritual Ewer(Huo)in the Form of an Elephant with Masks and D ragons Elephant—Shaped Zun ZUn Wine VesseI in the Shape Of an Owl Duck—Shaped Zun Goose.Shaped Tsun(Ritual Wine Vessel) Wine Warmer(Zun) Bronze Tiger(a pai r) Winged Dragon(a pair) Incense Bu rner(Boshanlu) Gold and Silver Inlay Boshan Lu Three—Dragon Pattern Mirror Bronze Mirror Mirror with Foliate Rim and with lnset Gold Plaque(two pieces) Mirror with Archers Mirror Long—Handled Censer with a Seated Lion Figure at lhe Handle'S End Gold and Silver Wares Introduction to Gold and Silver Wares Dragon—Headed Belt Hook(a pair) Gilded SiIver Belt Hook lnlaid with Jade Gold and Silver Inlay Beast—Shape Handle Bronze Dui Standing Nude Male Figu re Lotus Petal Pattern Gold Bowl Bowl Cup with Ring Handle Stem Cup Lid to Box in lhe FOrm Of a Ram Cup with a Hunting Scene Gold Phoenix Ornaments(a pair) Box and Lid Hexagonal Petal FOrm Broken Branch Pattern Five—Section Lidded Sllver Bowls(a pair) Gilded Silver Lidded BowI and Silver Box Sllve r Mask Flying Figu re Gold Headgears(a pair) Filig ree Phoenix C rown Inlaid with Gems Postscript Appendix：A Brief Chronology of Chinese History