On the rhythm and metre of bronze wine vessels´ form curves in Shang & Zhou dynasty

Bronze wine vessels were not only important ritual vessels, but also containers with elegance form and graceful pattern, which have far-reaching influence to Chinese traditional form and aesthetics. The paper analyzes the characters of rhythm and metre in bronze wine vessels´ form curves through withdrawing and refining the form curves, and is presented to offer direction and consulted data to modern design of wine vessels.