Research on the Orientation of Decoration on Bronzes from Yinxu

摘要

The study of surface decoration is one important aspect of research on Yinxu 殷墟 bronzes and has been a particular focus of investigations of bronzes from the Three Dynasties. Previous scholars have already made great strides in this line of research and they have provided not only an important precedent for making chronological distinctions among the late Shang bronzes.