Period:Han dynasty Production date:206BC-220
Materials:bronze, gold,
Technique:gilded
Subjects:animal
Dimensions:Height: 17.10 centimetres
Description:
Figure (bear). Made of gilded bronze. Fake.
IMG
![图片[1]-figure; forgery(from source documentation) BM-1947-0712.382-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Han dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00309237_001.jpg)
Comments:Jones 1990Chinese gilt-bronze bearThis substantial figure was believed to date from the Chinese Han dynasty, about 200 BC. If genuine the bear would have been mercury gilded, and even after two thousand years some traces of mercury should still have persisted in the gold, but in fact the gilding contained none. It also has many small blisters that are characteristic of electroplating on a poorly prepared surface. This and the false patina suggest the bear is recent. Genuine Han dynasty bear figures were small, and were usually used as feet for lacquer or bronze vessels.
Materials:bronze, gold,
Technique:gilded
Subjects:animal
Dimensions:Height: 17.10 centimetres
Description:
Figure (bear). Made of gilded bronze. Fake.
IMG
Comments:Jones 1990Chinese gilt-bronze bearThis substantial figure was believed to date from the Chinese Han dynasty, about 200 BC. If genuine the bear would have been mercury gilded, and even after two thousand years some traces of mercury should still have persisted in the gold, but in fact the gilding contained none. It also has many small blisters that are characteristic of electroplating on a poorly prepared surface. This and the false patina suggest the bear is recent. Genuine Han dynasty bear figures were small, and were usually used as feet for lacquer or bronze vessels.
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