
Bronze and metalworks
The Thirteen Forbidden Weapons: The story of how the MET’s most famous set of Chinese archaic bronzes found their way from a field in Shaanxi to a New York City museum.
In 1901, one the greatest discoveries of Chinese Bronzes occurred in a small Shaanxi village. Over 100 later it is on permanent display at the MET in NYC. This is the story of its journey.












