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A square courtyard house is a building people use, not just a pattern on a plan. In Kunming, the name Yike Yin points toward a compact courtyard form whose rooms and thresholds organise everyday life.
A large ox surrounded by seven smaller ones crowns a bronze container in Shanghai. A separate weaving scene from Lijiashan gives another use for the sculpted lid.
A cow, a tiger and a smaller calf turn a bronze table into an encounter between object and image. The find belongs to a tomb at Lijiashan, while the surviving piece is displayed in Kunming.