Metal Restoration Technician Level 5 Exam

Current situation survey: Theoretical knowledge has a weight of 15%, while skill requirements have a weight of 20%.

1. Principles for handling metal cultural relics

1. For cultural relics that need to be extracted and used, they are healthy (without rust, mold, damage, fading, etc.); Damaged and quite fragile cultural relics should be refused use, let alone removed from museums.

2. For the cultural relics in the collection, the exhibition venue has been prepared to ensure the requirements of a suitable environment for the cultural relics. If the exhibited cultural relics do not meet the requirements and may cause damage to the exhibited cultural relics, they should be refused to be exhibited.

3. Bronze and other hard edged vessels need to be separately packaged, and the center of the bag should be designed in the packaging box, placed and fixed to prevent shaking during transportation.

4. When packaging, place heavy and large collections at the bottom, and use foam packaging as a compartment; Small collectibles should be carefully inspected for cracks and holes before packaging, tightly wrapped with soft materials, placed in plastic bags, and then tied with rubber bands.

5. Cultural relics of different textures should be strictly distinguished and packaged separately; When packaging, the bottom and surrounding areas of the box, as well as between the tableware, should be covered with sponge, filled or blocked. The loading level should not be too high. Do not package half a box without filling or press the lid tightly to seal the box when it is full.

2、 The placement method of metal cultural relics

When holding cultural relics, it is necessary to strictly prevent collisions and falls, and it is usually recommended to operate on a protected surface;

2. When holding cultural relics, one should hold them with both hands, especially large vessels. Generally, one hand is used to support the bottom and the other hand is used to prevent them from falling or slipping;

When holding cultural relics with ears, pins, buttons, handles, tassels, feet, and pendants, they must be held with both hands and not with one hand to prevent the relics from breaking and falling;

4. When holding the long neck and mouth edge, do not hold the neck with one hand, and do not operate along the mouth with one hand to prevent cultural relics from breaking and falling;

5. Wear gloves when handling metal artifacts to prevent sweating and oxidation of hands. After holding a powdery rust object, it is necessary to change gloves and hold other objects to prevent harmful rust from infecting healthy metal objects.

3. Common types

1. [Ding]: One of the important bronze vessels, it is a utensil used for cooking and storing meat.

2. [z ū n]: This is a large and medium-sized wine vessel from the Shang and Zhou dynasties in China. Bronze statues were popular from the Shang Dynasty to the Western Zhou Dynasty, but were rarely seen in the late Spring and Autumn period.

3. Jue: A vessel used in ancient China to hold, pour, and roast wine. It is very common in archaeological discoveries of bronze artifacts from the Shang and Western Zhou dynasties.

4. Mirror: Copper mirror is an ancient bronze craft and also an exquisite craft.

5. [d ò u]: It appeared in the late Shang Dynasty and was popular during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. As a ritual vessel, beans are often combined with tripods and pots to form the basic combination of a set of primitive ritual vessels, becoming the main type of equipment used for funerals.

6. [You]: Ancient Chinese wine vessels. The specific time of appearance is unknown, but it was mainly used during the Shang and Western Zhou dynasties

7. Jane: A container for holding water. It was most popular during the late Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, and was still being cast during the Western Han Dynasty.

8. [g ū]: A bronze wine vessel popular in the Shang Dynasty and early Western Zhou Dynasty in China, with an open mouth, a slender waist, and high hooves.

9. ["]: A vessel used in ancient China to hold cooked food and also as a ceremonial vessel, which was popular from the Shang Dynasty to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty

10. Bell: A traditional percussion instrument that flourished from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties. It is mainly made of bronze and is also known as a "chime bell".