Asian Art Unit 2: China

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Vessel with human head (4000 B.C. Neolithic) Earthenware in Banpo, China

Head (4000 B.C, Neolithic) Earthenware and jade in Niuheliang China

Goblet from Lady Hao’s Tomb (c. 1200 B.C. Shang Period) Ivory, turquoise made in Anyang, Henan Province, China

Standing figure (c. 1300 B.C, Shang Period) bronze, made in Sanxingdui China

Cooking vessel (1600 B.C. Shang Period) Bronze made in Henan province Anyang

Dragon Disk (400 B.C. Warring States Period) Mtrl: Jade. In Nelson-Atkinson Museum of Ark. Kansas City

Warrior figures from tomb of Qin Shihuangdi (c. 210 B.C.E. Qin Period) earthenware. In Lingtong, Xi’an Shaanxi province

Funerary banner for the Lady of Dai, from the Mawangdui tomb (Early 2nd century B.C.E Han Period) In Mawangdui, Hunan province, Changsha. Mtrl: ink and color on silk

Incense burner, Tomb of Prince Liu Shang (206 BCE Han Period) In Hebei, China. Mtrl: Bronze and Gold

Lamb held by kneeling servant girl (c.173 B.C.E Han Period) in Mancheng County, Hebei Province. Mtrl: Bronze

“TLV” type cosmological mirror (c.200 B.C. Han Period) Mtrl: Bronze

“Portrait of the Deceased,” mural in tomb in Hebei province (176 C.E Han Period) in Hebei, China. Mtrl: Painted mural

Standing Buddha (c. 486 A.D. Northern Wei dynasty) In Met Museum. Mtrl: Gilt bronze

Maitreya Buddha of Bingling Si (5th century, Northern Wei) In Gansu province. Mtrl: Sandstone

Yungang Chapels, including Cave 20 with Colossal Shakyamuni and smaller Buddha (ca. 460-465 Northern Wei) In Datong, Hsanxi

Shakyamuni and attendants Binyang Chapel, Longmen Grottos (c. 523 Northern Wei Period) In Louyang, Helen province. Mtrl: Limestone

Empress as donor, relief from Longmen Grottoes (c. 522 Northern Wei period) In Louyang, Henan Province. Mtrl: Limestone