| 1 | The bronze wares include vessels, weapons, chariots and so on. | |
| 2 | That two bronzes of the same set should still be preserved together, 3, 000 years after they were cast, is quite remarkable. | |
| 3 | The pieces are among five bronzes consigned for sale next month by the same collector. | |
| 4 | An excavation of a bronze-age city in south-eastern Iran turned up a pair of dice dating back nearly 5,000 years. | |
| 5 | During the Song Dynasty, Shang bronzes first became objects of study and of pride for collectors of art and artifacts. |