淅川春秋楚墓铜禁失蜡铸造法的工艺探讨

详细考察和分析出土铜禁时发现，铜禁体、附兽的头花和尾花、足兽的头花等均为失蜡法铸造，禁体共分25块，逐块制作。各块的透空立体花纹，是由框梗、拱梗、直梗、花梗、撑梗、连纹梗组成，各块蜡模制作后熔接成完整禁体。各蜡模制成后、浇灌范料成为模壳，烘培模壳，蜡料熔失，乘热浇注铜液。附兽身和舌、足兽身和舌是范铸。头花、尾花与兽的组合，兽与禁体的组合，全采用钎焊法。

Discussion on the Lost Wax Technology of Bronze Jing Unearthed from Xichung Chu-tomb in the Spring and Autumn Periods

Because the bronze Jing was broken into pieces while excavated, it,s casting, welding and jointing techniques had became visible. Through observing and studying, it is found that the bronze Jing body, the head and tail flowers of additional beasts and the head flowers of foot beastsare all casted by using the lost wax method. The body of bronze Jing consist of twenty-five pieces. Each of them are made of frame sticks, arch sticks, straight sticks,flower sticks, maintain sticks and linking sticks. Twenty-five wax pieces were welded into the Jing body, then making clay crust onto wax model.Cured clay mould, the wax model melt and ran off, and pouring the bronze liquid into the mould when the mould is heat. The body and tougue of additional beasts and the foot beasts are casted by using the clay mould method. The head and tail flowers are welded into beasts, the beasts welded into the Jing body.