CHINA

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CHINA Neolithic China
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Gu Beaker, Black pottery, h. 6 ¼, Neolithic
period, Longshan culture 2000 CE, Weifang,
Shandong, China.
Bowl painted pottery, red earthenware with black
slip h. 7, diam. 15, Neolithic poriod,
Yangshao culture, 4000 CE, Banpo, Shaanxi,
China.
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Jade ts'ung. Late Neolithic period (5,000-1,800
B.C.), h. 15.7 cm. "Great National Treasures of
China Masterworks in the National Palace
Museum," (Taipai National Palace Museum) 1983,
p. 99.
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Burial Urn Painted pottery, hard-fired
earthenware, h. 14 1/8 China, 2200 BCE
Tripod Vessel
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China from the Shang Dynasty through the Middle
Zhou
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You in form of a Bear swallowing man Ceremonial
wine vessel, bronze, h. 12 7/8 China, Shang
Dynasty
Figure Bronze, base h. 31 ½, h. 71 5/8 China,
Shang Dynasty, 13th12th CE
Tiger Bronze, l. 29 5/8 China, Middle Zhou
Period
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Carillon of 64 Bronze Zhong bells Bells, bronze,
h. 60 3/8 Warring States period, close to 433 BCE
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Rhinoceros zun Bronze with traces of gold inlay
and black glass eyes, orig. inlay gold and
silver, h. 13 3/8 Late Eastern Zhou Period
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Painted Shells with Hunting Scenes Left The
Hunt Right The Kill w. 3 ½, Late Eastern
Zhou/early Han dynasty
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Vessel
Inlaid ding Bronze inlaid with gold and silver,
diam. 7 1/8 Late Zhou period
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Cranes and Serpents Lacquered wood, h. 52
¾ China, Late Zhou Period
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Qin Dynasty
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Tomb Pit of First Emperor of Qin, 210
BCE, Lintong, Shaanxi, China
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Tomb Pit of First Emperor of Qin, 210
BCE, Lintong, Shaanxi, China
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Tomb Pit of First Emperor of Qin, 210
BCE, Lintong, Shaanxi, China
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Tomb Pit of First Emperor of Qin, 210
BCE, Lintong, Shaanxi, China
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Han Dynasty
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Han Dynasty
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Han DynastyArchitecture
Military WatchtowerGlazed earthenware, a h.13
x w.11-1/2 x d.11-1/2 in b (base) h.13-1/4 x
Dia.17-1/2 in. 1st c CE
Funerary Model of a Pavilion Earthenware, h.5-1/4
x w.14 x d.13 in 1st c CE.
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Han DynastyArchitecture
Funerary Model of a Pig Sty 2nd century
B.C. Earthenware H.9 x W.15 x D.11 in. (overall)
Two Story House Glazed earthenware 1st c CE
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Han DynastyArchitecture and Town Planning
The ideal structure of the capital as
conceptualized during the Han dynasty (from Paul
Wheatley, The Pivot of the Four Quarters, Aldine,
1971)
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Han DynastyArchitecture
Rubbing of Stone Relief h. 36, Wu Family
Shrines, Jiaxiang, Shandong, China, Eastern Han
Dynasty, 147151 CE.
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Flying Horse Bronze, h. 13 ½ Wuwei, Gansu,
China Eastern Han Dynasty, 2nd c CE.
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Censer Bronze with gold inlay, h. 10 ¼ Tomb of
Liu Shang, Mancheng, Hebei, China, Western Han
dynasty, 113 BCE.
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Tomb of Emperor Nintoku 5th CE, Near Osaka, Japan.
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Inner Shrine, Ise Wood (rebuilt every so often)
Yayoi period, early 1st CE
Ise during a renewal period
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Haniwa Figures
Haniwa In Armor Earthenware 6th CE, Kofun period
Haniwa Warrior In Armor Earthenware, h.
25 3rd6th CE, Japan
Haniwa Earthenware 6th CE, Kofun Period