"Digital collection in Asian studies - A catalog of Chinese bronzes" is a grant funded project to digitize a 24-volume set of "Qin ding xi Qing gu jian" with "Qian lu" included. This is a catalog of Chinese bronzes comprised of detailed illustrations, inscriptions, and descriptions for over 1,500 bronze tools, utilitarian objects, and ceremonial vessels. The bronzes documented in this set were created and utilized during the Shang, Zhou, Han, and Tang Dynasties. For more information on the Shang 商 (ca. 1600-1045 BC), Zhou 周 (ca. 1045-256 BC), Han 漢 (206 BC-220 AD), and Tang 唐 (618-907 AD) dynasties, see "Chinese History (to Qing Dynasty)" from the University of Southern California.
This digital project is made possible by the George A. Smathers Libraries of the University of Florida to enhance the digital collection's holdings for Asian studies. This digital reproduction, which will be readily available online, should prove to be a valuable resource for art historians, researchers, and general public interested in the artistic and cultural history of China.
The detailed information below is from Hui-chun Yu, a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Chicago. Hui-chun Yu received her PhD from the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University in 2007. Her dissertation focused on Emperor Qianlong's bronze collections and history of art collecting, art markets, and art consumption in early modern China.
Qin ding xi qing gu jian si shi juan fu qian lu shi liu juan = 欽定西清古鑑四十卷附錢錄十六卷
This set of catalogs presents a collection of bronze objects from four periods of the Chinese history: Shang 商 (ca. 1600-1045 BC), Zhou 周 (ca. 1045-256 BC), Han 漢 (206 BC-220 AD), and Tang 唐 (618-907) dynasties.
List of Chinese bronze vessels included in these catalogs:
- Ding 鼎 - big cauldron used as cooking or holding vessel, usually with two handles on the rim and is supported by three or four legs
- Zun 尊 - quadrangular or round wine vessel with a wide opening
- Xizun 犧尊 - animal-shaped wine vessel
- Lei 罍 - tall quadrangular or round wine vessel, often with small knocker-like lifting ring attachments
- Yi 彝 - quadrangular or round shaped wine vessel
- Zhou 舟 - small elliptical wine-cup
- You 卣 - wine jar with lid and lifting handle
- Ping 瓶 - jug
- Hu 壺 - tall quadrangular or round wine storage vessel, usually in pairs
- Jue 爵 - three-legged wine mug with a long groove spout
- Jia 斝 - three-legged wine heating container with a pair of mushroom-like attachments on the top and a small handle on the side
- Gu 觚 - tall slim wine beaker with a trumpet-shaped opening
- Zhi 觶 - small oval wine mug with a lid
- Jue 角 - three-legged wine mug with a lid
- Dou 斗 - dipper
- Shao 勺 - spoon
- Zhi 巵 - small round wine mug
- Dun 敦 - round food container with a lid and small handles on the sides
- Fu 簠 - quadrangular food container with a lid that is similar to the bottom of the container
- Gui 簋 - quadrangular food container with a lid
- Dou 豆 - footed bowl with a lid
- Pu 鋪 - footed dish
- Ao 鏊 - shallow pan
- Yan 甗 - cauldron-like steamer with three hollow legs
- Ding 錠 - oil lamp
- Deng 鐙 - oil lamp
- Li 鬲 - cauldron with three or four hollow legs
- Fu 鍑 - round cooking pot, usually with short narrow neck and narrow base
- He 盉 - wine pot with a handle and a spout
- Bing jian 冰鑑 - big ice bucket
- Yi 匜 - wine vessel with a wide spout, sometimes with a dragon-shaped lid attachment
- Pan - 盤 water basin
- Juan 鋗 - deep water basin
- Xi 洗 - water container
- Yu 盂 - water container
- Pen 盆 - water container
- Liang 量 - capacity measuring utensil
- Qu 區 - capacity measuring utensil
- Dou 斗 - capacity measuring utensil
- Po 瓿 - round-shaped pot, usually used for making and storing marinated vegetable
- Fo 缶 - capacity measure utensil
- An 盦 - round-shaped food box
- Jiao dou 鐎斗 - wine warming vessel
- Lian 奩 - cylindrical food container
- Guan 罐 - small storage pot
- Jiu 臼 - small storage pot
- Zhong 鐘 - Large bell
- Duo 鐸 - small bell with a clapper
- Ling 鈴 - miniature bell with a clapper
- Chun 錞 - bronze drum
- Qi 戚 - big axe
- Wu nao 舞鐃 - small rattle-like fitting that is associated with chariots
- Gu 鼓 - big bronze drum
- Dao 刀 - knife
- Jian 劍 - sword
- Nuji 弩機 - crossbow mechanism
- Fu 符 - tally used as evidence of authority
- Jue 钁 - dagger-axe
- Gangtou 杠頭 - tube-shaped pole fitting
- Yiqishi 儀器飾 - pendant
- Zhangtou 杖頭 - pole fitting
- Dun 鐓 - pole fitting
- Jiuche 鳩車 - small toy, usually in the shape of a bird riding on a chariot
- Biaozuo 表座 - animal-shaped pole fitting
- Yandi 硯滴 - small animal-shaped container for dripping water on ink-stone
- Shuzhen 書鎮 - paperweight
- Hudou 糊斗 - ladle
- Lu 罏 - incense burner
- Bi shou 匕首 - dagger
- Jian 鑑 – mirror