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Gold and silver inlaying is a metal processing technique popular during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 B. C.) and the Warring States Period (475-221 B. C.). Patterns on the surface of the bronze figure are chiselled out and gold and silver threads (which can be as thin as hair) are inlaid. Finally the whole figure is filed and polished resulting in a splendid artistic work highlighting the different colours of the three different kinds of metal. The artifact shown here was unearthed from Ningxia’s Pengyang County. It is 8 cm long, 5.5 cm high and weighs 665 grams. The sheep is squatting with its
Gold and silver inlaying is a metal processing technique popular during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) and the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). Patterns on the surface of the bronze figure are chiselled out and gold and silver threads Finally the whole figure is filed and polished resulting in a splendid artistic work highlighting the different colors of the three different kinds of metal. The artifact shown here une unearthed from Ningxia’s Pengyang County. It is 8 cm long, 5.5 cm high and weighs 665 grams. The sheep is squatting with its