China

Ming Robe fragment, silk tapestryYuan Porcelain bottle vase

Rice terraces, Zhaoxing

Coil-built pottery vessels, Gansu Yangshao phase

Banpo – Banshan 4800 – 2300 BCE

Banpo

Banshan

Majiayao

Proto Porcelain burnished blackware – Liangzhu Culture 3100 – 2200 BCE

Jade cup

China

Pig-Dragon pendant

Cong ritual tube

Bi ritual disc

Liangzhu3100-2200 BCE

Longshan2800-2000 BCE

Jade masks and CongLongshan / Hongshan

2800 – 2000 BCE

Late Neolithic pottery vessels

Shang Ding 1500 – 1300 BCE

China

Pottery Jar Shang ca 1400 BCE

BronzeHu (wine)

Casting schematicDing tripod vessel

China

Shang

Zhou

Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes1027 – 771 BCE

China

Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes770 – 221 BCE

Funerary GoodsHan Dynasty

206 BCE – 220 CE

Tang Tomb Pottery 618 - 907

Gilt Bronze BuddhaDated 338“Brundage Buddha”

Gilt Bronze ca 500

Marble – QIngzhouN. Wei – ca 450

ChinaNorthern Qi550-577marble

Tang608-907bronze

SongQi RevivalCa 1050marble

Buddhism

Monumental cliff face – DunhuangSui Dynasty – 581-617

Cave interior – YungangEastern Wei +534-539

Song – Yuan

13th Century, wood

Qing 18th centuryhorn

Ming – Qing17th century, gilt bronze

China

Stoneware andPorcelainsSong dynasty10th – 13th century

Fan Kuan (990 – 1030)

Ni Zan (1301 – 74)

Anonymous Song Court style 12th c

Song court style landscapesQing dynasty ca 1700

Prunus branchesMing dynasty ca 1600

Yuan Blue and white ca 1350

Ming to Qing Porcelains1368 – ca 1700

ChinaExport Porcelain 1644-1800

Qing AppliedArts – 18th C.

Cloisonne LacquerRhinocerous horn

Qianlong EmperorBy Castiglione(Lang Shining)Ca. 1737

Remains of the Summer Palace after 1860Designed by Castiglione and others ca 1750

Shang – Fu Hao TombWarring States – Marquis of ZengHan – Lady of Mawangdui

Sanxingdui, Yunnan – late Bronze age

Qin Shi Huang Terracotta WarriorsQin – 221 – 206 BCE