The gold ware and bronze ware found in Jinsha Ruins
More than 30 pieces of gold ware of great variety and exquisite craftsmanship were excavated from Jinsha Ruins: gold masks, gold straps, circular gold adomments, frog-shaped gold adornments and bugle-shaped gold adornment. Among these gold pieces, the gold masks are quite similar to the bronze masks found in Sanxingdui, from which we can infer that there was some relationship between them with regard to its origin. Except for the gold masks, all other gold pieces are indigenous to Jinsha, especially the fine and marvelous gold foil with phoenix patterns which resembles the mark of the Phoenix TV Station of Hong Kong.
More than 400 pieces of bronze ware have been found in the ruins, most of which are small in size, including a bronze standing figure, bronze yuan, bronze dagger-axes, axe-shaped bronze bi (round flat piece) with a square-hole in the middle, bronze bells, bronze hanging adornments, bronze plates, remnants of bronze ritual object and more. The modeling style of the bronze standing figure is very similar to that of the bronze standing figure found in Sanxingdui. Although relics like the large-sized bronze masks and holy trees unearthed from Sanxingdui have not yet been found in Jinsha, we can see from the exquisite bronze ware that Jinsha had a highly developed bronze culture.
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