However, combined with a large number of physical objects unearthed in archaeological excavations in recent years and the specific analysis of experts, it is generally believed that these things are mostly related to artificial pearls and jade. However, there is no strict distinction between their names. Most of them are translucent and transparent.
China discovered the earliest glassware in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States Period. During this period, the number of glassware was small and the variety was single. Only dragonfly eye glass beads and small pieces of glass are embedded in the sword. In the early Warring States period, glassware increased, and small beads such as dragonfly eyes were still the main ones.
In the middle and late Warring States period, the number and variety of glassware increased. In addition to trinkets such as beads and pipes, typical China-style glassware such as walls, swords and seals were added. In the meantime, ordinary taxis and ordinary people can also be buried with glassware.
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1965, a well-preserved bronze sword was unearthed from the tomb of Chu at Wangshan, Jiangling, Hubei. This sword is 55.7 cm long and 4.6 cm wide. The sides of the sword lattice are inlaid with glass and turquoise, of which only two pieces of glass are inlaid, which are light blue, translucent and contain many small bubbles. The two pieces of glass are different in shape, one is a spherical crown and the other is irregular in shape, both of which are less than one centimeter in diameter.
There is an inscription on the sword with a golden eagle and a bird seal: "Qian Qiu (Gou Jian) saw it with his sword." Gou Jian was the King of Yue at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. His reign lasted from 497 BC to 465 BC, so it can be inferred that the glass on his sword was made no later than the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. Xiejian's two small pieces of blue glass are the oldest real glass in China.
According to scientific test and analysis, the main component of the glass on Gou Jian, the King of Yue, is potassium calcium silicate, which was not found in ancient Egypt or Babylon. The transparent glaze drops formed by China's original porcelain when fired at high temperature are just potassium calcium silicate, which is a glassy substance and may be the earliest ancient glass in China.
It can also be seen that the earliest ancient glass preparation technology in the Yangtze River valley in China may have evolved from the original porcelain glaze technology.
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