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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 57811, member: 54&quot;]If this is assumed to have been made in China, I wonder when such humanoid statuettes first went into production there?&nbsp; Early Chinese Bronze object use-categories include those related to solid food and liquids, and also include bronze tools, weapons, incense burners, and musical instruments.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t noticed many or any small non-deity human forms in bronze that I know were made before say 1900. </p><p><br /></p><p>One feature of this object that might&nbsp; help date it is the fact that it was cast hollow-you can see that the broken arms are filled with something other than bronze.&nbsp; When did that practice begin?&nbsp; When I see small bronze ancient Chinese objects in museums, I&#039;ve always thought they were cast solid unless they had a function that required they be hollow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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