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Intarsia inlay in wood furniture differs from marquetry, a similar technique that largely replaced it in high-style European furniture during the 17th century, [2] in that marquetry is an assembly of veneers applied over the entire surface of an object, whereas inlay consists of small pieces inserted on the bed of cut spaces in the base ...
A tiger tally or hổ phù (虎符), made of bronze with gold inlay, found in the tomb of Triệu Văn Đế (Emperor Zhao Mo) at Guangzhou, from the Triệu dynasty, dated 2nd century BC. Tiger Tallies were separated into two pieces, one held by the emperor, the other given to a military commander as a symbol of imperial authority and the ...
A Đông Sơn axe Dong Son drum from Sông Đà, Mường Lay, Vietnam.Dong Son II culture. Mid-1st millennium BC. Bronze. The Dong Son culture, Dongsonian culture, [1] [2] or the Lạc Việt culture (named for modern village Đông Sơn, a village in Thanh Hóa, Vietnam) was a Bronze Age culture in ancient Vietnam centred at the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam from 1000 BC until the ...
Example of Li-Lao drum, 4th century AD, Honolulu Museum of Art. The Li-Lao bronze drums or Heger type II drums are a type of ancient bronze drums found in Southern China and Northern Vietnam invented and used by Tai-Kadai-speaking (or specifically Tai-speaking) ethnic groups who were known to Chinese as Lǐ (俚) or Lǎo (獠) and who historically inhabited the area between the Red River Delta ...
Hu with such pictorial illustrations were often made out copper inlay. [9] In addition, the shape of the vessel was occasionally modified, taking on a more square appearance. [ 12 ] While the use of inlay in making bronze have appeared since the Shang dynasty, it was not until the Warring States period that saw the flowering of inlay style.
The site at Sa Huỳnh was discovered in 1909. Sa Huỳnh sites were rich in locally worked iron artefacts, typified by axes, swords, spearheads, knives and sickles.In contrast, bronze artifacts were dominant in the Đông Sơn culture sites found in northern Vietnam and elsewhere in mainland Southeast Asia.
Buncheong ware developed from the earlier Goryeo celadon inlay technique called sanggam and rapidly distinguished itself. [ 2 ] [ page needed ] [ 3 ] In contrast to the refined elegance of Goryeo celadon, buncheong is designed to be natural, unassuming, and practical.
[40] [41] Ancient bronze drums from Thailand and Vietnam date back 2,000 years. Bronze bells from Thailand and Cambodia date back to 3600 BCE. Some companies are now making saxophones from phosphor bronze (3.5 to 10% tin and up to 1% phosphorus content). [42] Bell bronze/B20 is used to make the tone rings of many professional model banjos. [43]