Brilliant Bronze Civilization
The manufacture of bronze wares reached its zenith during Shang Dynasty and Western Zhou Dynasty. Simuwu Ding cauldron, made in late Shang Dynasty, with 1.33 meters high, 1.1 meters long, 0.78 meters wide and 875 kilograms in weight, is the biggest item of bronze ware existion in the world. A zun wine vessel with the heads of four goats carved on it, also dating from Shang Dynasty was grandly shaped with ingenious craftmanship, and it is one of the finest example of bronze ware known.