Table 1 Chemical composition of Yue and Chu style bronzes from Hunan
No. | Location | Test No. | Name of objects | Alloy composition Wt(%) | Cultural attribute | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cu | Sn | Pb | |||||
1 | Yiyang | ZY-1701 | Ding | 96.1 | — | — | Yue |
2 | ZY-1702 | Ding | 92.8 | 2.9 | — | ||
3 | ZY-1704 | Li | 99.5 | — | — | ||
4 | ZY-1705 | Ding | 54.2 | 4.9 | 26.0 | ||
5 | ZY-1706 | Ding | 75.9 | 19.1 | — | ||
6 | ZY-1709 | Ding | 73.1 | 16.0 | 6.2 | ||
7 | ZY-1710 | Ding | 55.8 | 4.2 | 26.5 | ||
8 | ZY-1711 | Ding | 69.4 | 16.1 | 6.9 | ||
9 | ZY-1712 | Ding | 80.7 | 16.0 | — | ||
10 | Ningxiang | ZY-1602 | Sword | √ | √ | — | |
11 | ZY-1606 | Ding | 61.5 | 8.5 | 16.5 | ||
12 | Xiangtan | ZY-1728 | Knife | 70.7 | 23.8 | — | |
13 | ZY-1729 | Spear | 68.0 | 13.3 | 11.0 | ||
14 | Xiangxiang | ZY-1731 | Ding | 73.3 | 14.9 | 5.4 | |
15 | ZY-1734 | Ding | 74.9 | 20.9 | — | ||
16 | ZY-1735 | Ge | 88.1 | 7.8 | — | ||
17 | ZY-1738 | Ding | 70.3 | 12.2 | 9.1 | ||
18 | ZY-1739 | Ding | 61.4 | 17.5 | 9.0 | ||
19 | Zhuzhou | ZY-1741 | Ding | 68.2 | 14.1 | 10.0 | |
20 | Yiyang | ZY-1714 | Ding | 69.3 | 10.8 | 13.0 | Chu |
21 | ZY-1716 | Fu | 63.3 | 9.7 | 16.9 | ||