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Bronze, or bronze-like alloys and mixtures, were used for coins over a longer period. Bronze was especially suitable for use in boat and ship fittings prior to the wide employment of stainless steel owing to its combination of toughness and resistance to salt water corrosion. Bronze is still commonly used in ship propellers and submerged bearings.
Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs , and small statuettes and figurines , as well as bronze elements to be fitted to other objects such as furniture.
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Bronze objects (4 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Bronze" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A handle is riveted across the open bowl of the boss, made from a thicker piece of sheet bronze folded over; also attached are a pair of metal tabs for a carrying strap. Rivet heads are on the front for fitting attachments, but are similar to the decorative raised bosses and difficult to identify.
The dodecahedra vary in size from 4 to 11 cm; the holes in their faces have diameters ranging from 6 mm to 40 mm. [6] The lightest known example weighs 35 grams; the heaviest 1000 grams. [7] Most are decorated with circles, lines, and dots, but no letters or numbers are known to be marked on any of the objects. [ 8 ]
Ancient Greek bronze statues of the classical period (18 P) B. Brass sculptures (13 P) Bronze Buddha statues (13 P) Bronze doors (8 P) H. Sculptures by Niels Hansen ...
Chinese bronze inscriptions, also referred to as bronze script or bronzeware script, comprise Chinese writing made in several styles on ritual bronzes mainly during the Late Shang dynasty (c. 1250 – c. 1046 BC) and Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 – 771 BC). Types of bronzes include zhong bells and ding tripodal cauldrons. Early inscriptions ...