约从公元前六世纪起,中国青铜器的装饰开始发生根本性的变化,其中最为重要的变革是铜、金、绿松石镶嵌工艺的引入,稍晚还出现了银。正如诸多学者所观察到的,镶嵌工艺使原本色调单一的物质媒介变得丰富多彩。而且镶嵌风格也罕见模仿传统的铜器装饰,相反,它们似乎是从其他媒介获取了灵感。公元前六世纪至前五世纪画像纹青铜 From around the 6th century BC, the decorating of Chinese bronze wares began to undergo radical changes. The most important change was the introduction of copper, gold and turquoise inlay techniques, and the later appeared silver. As many scholars have observed, mosaic technology makes the original color of the material media become rich and colorful. And inlaid style is also rarely imitate the traditional bronze decoration, on the contrary, they seem to be inspired from other media. Bronze from the 6th century BC to the 5th century BC