A 15.4 cm tall crystal cup from a 4th‑3rd century BC Chinese tomb near Hangzhou shows manufacturing techniques that modern replicas still can't replicate.
Key facts claimed:
- Carved from a single block of high‑purity crystal (natural quartz), 15.4 cm tall.
- Dated to the 4th–3rd centuries BC (Warring States period, China).
- Found in a tomb near Hangzhou, China, in 1990; a Grade One national cultural relic.
- Manufacturing technique remains puzzling; modern replicas fail to match.
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Is the crystal cup unearthed in Hangzhou really from the Warring ...zhihu.comPreviously, I heard Teacher Ma Wendi talk about it, and although it looks very modern, it is indeed real. This is also an instance where archaeology has changed ...
Modeling Peace: Royal Tombs and Political Ideology in Early China ...dokumen.pubBy putting the tomb back into its ritual and intellectual context, this section argues that the Western Han royal tombs were still subject to the gaze of both ...
[PDF] OR PRINT QUALITY - ERICfiles.eric.ed.govCompiled by the National Committee on United States-China Relations on behalf of the. United States Department of Education in fulfillment of Fulbright-Hays ...
[PDF] Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series - OAPEN Librarylibrary.oapen.orgPart 1: Mapping the Body: Space, Time and Gender. 2 Picturing the Body in Chinese Medical and Daoist Texts from the Song to the.
Warring States Crystal Cupbaike.baidu.comThe Warring States Crystal Cup stands 15.4 cm tall, with a mouth diameter of 7.8 cm and a base diameter of 5.4 cm. It has an open mouth with a flat rim, ...
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