Western Zhou Bronze Bracer

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Sat May 14, 2005 1:56 pm

I got this in Beijing. It comes from Gansu Province and I believe it may be from the Ssuwa Culture dating to around 1000BC. Unfortunately I have not been able to find a similar item in books.

Romain · Post by **Romain** » Sat May 14, 2005 2:28 pm

Nice find Stephen !

You bought it where ? when ?

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:22 am

Antiques city, yesterday.

Can't leave you to get all the good stuff.

Romain · Post by **Romain** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:15 am

I must go there too...

Romain · Post by **Romain** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:22 am

I never heard before this post the word "Ssuwa culture"

Her's what I found on Google :

In 1921, there was a famous excavation near the Yellow River region at a village named Yangshao, revealing the renowned Neolithic Culture thrived in this particular area and at that specific time. There were over 1,000 discoveries made in this area alone, all representing the Yangshao Culture. This culture, with its opulent cultures, covered a large area of land and has provided us a great many Chinese Antiquities. This was most likely the outstanding culture of the Neolithic Period having lasted the test of time and had developed strong political and economic ties throughout China.

Other cultures were the P?elikang Culture (5500-4900 BC), Paichia Culture, Machi?ayao Culture (3300-2050 BC), Ch?ichia Culture (2200-1600 BC), Hsintien Culture (this period is estimated to 1000 years BC to the Ch?ichia Culture), Ssuwa Culture (4300-2500 BC), Ch?inglienkang Culture (5400-4400 BC), Tawenko?u Culture (4300-2500BC), Lungshan Culture, Shantung Lungshan Culture (2500-2000 BC), Honan Lungshan Culture (2600-2000 BC), and the Shanhsi Lungshan Culture (2300-2000 BC).

Ssuwa would then be much older than you indicate...

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:07 am

No, it had much later phases that your Google search shows.