Art History Expandded

Acheulean handaxe.

Comb-patterned vessel.

Flame-rimmed deep bowl.

Plaque with scenes of farming.

Owl-shaped zun wine container.

Oracle bone for divination.

Terra cotta army.

Two bronze chariots for the First Emperor.

Lacquered cosmetic box.

Screen.

Painted Banner.

Musician Figurines.

Female Dancer.

The Great Stupa.

Seated Buddha with Two Attendants,

Standing Figure of Buddha

Standing Ashoka-type Buddha.

The miraculous image of Bodhgaya.

Buddhist cave-temples at Dunhuang.

Miraculous image of the Fanhe Statue.

Paleolithic, 500,000-300,000 years ago.

Neolithic, ca. 5000-4000 BCE.

Middle Jomon period, ca. 2500-1500 BCE.

Late Bronze age, ca. 4-3c BCE.

Shang dynasty, ca. 1200 BCE.

Shang dynasty, ca. 1200 BCE.

Qin dynasty, ca. 210 BCE.

Qin dynasty, ca. 210 BCE.

Western Han dynasty, 2c BCE.

Western Han dynasty, 2c BCE.

Western Han dynasty, 2c BCE.

Western Han dynasty, 2c BCE.

Western Han dynasty, 2c BCE.

ca. 50-25 BCE.

2c.

2c–3c CE.

Liang dynasty, dated 551.

Tang dynasty, 710-12.

4c – 14c.

Tang dynasty, 8c.