east asian midterm

Neolithic pottery, Yangshao Culture, 3500-3000 BCE, made from earthenware from Banpo, near Xi’an, a major neolithic archeological site

Painted funerary jar, Yangshao Culture, 5000-2500 BC Neolithic, excavated at Banshan, Gansu

pottery basin from the Maiiyao Culture, 3300-2000 BCE

Machang phase from 2350-2050 BC

Jade status and ritualistic objects from Hongshan Culture, 4500-2500 BCE

Pendant in the form of a mask from the Hongshan culture, late neolithic period, 3500-ca.3000 BCE, jade

side profile of goddess statue with jade eyes, Hongshan culture, northeast china, 4700-2900 BC

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Painted pottery plate from Taosi, Shanxi, Longshan Culture, 2500-2000 BCE

pottery vase and terracotta bowl from Taosi, Shanxi, Longshan Culture, 2500-2000 BCE

Liangzhu jade artifacts, 3rd millennium BC

Bi disks, neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, 3300-2250 BCE, jade

Hemuda Culture, Zhejiang, 5000-3200 BCE, pottery

Jomon flame style pottery bowl from japan in 11000-300 BCE

Liangzhu jade artifact, neolithic period

Dogu clay figurine excavated form the Tsurugaoka site, 1000-400 BCE, jomon period, earthenware

dogu, jomon period, 1000-400 BCE_, earthenware excavated from Rokugo ishinadate, Misato-cho Akita

Dogu clay figurine, 1000-300 BCE, jomon period, earthenware

The venus of Willendorf, upper paleolithic period, 25000-30000 BCE, oolithic limestone

Layout of palaces 2 and 3 archaeological Erlitou site plan, 1750-1500 BC

layout of palace 1 in erlitou site plan, 1750-1500 BC

cast bronze with inlaid turquoise plaque, Erlitou period 2000-1600 BCE, Yanshi, Henan, shang dynasy

oracle bone, turtle shell divination with inscription, late shang period, 1200-1050 BCE, anyang, henan

qi executioner’s axe, cast bronse, shang dynasty, from Yidu, Shangdong

(jue) wine vessel, cast bronze, erlitou period, 2000-1600 BCE, yanshi, henan

(ding) cooking vessel, cast bronze, shang period, erligang phase, 1500 BCE

(fangding) cooking vessel, cast bronze, shang period, erligang phase, 1600-1400 BCE

(pou) wine container, cast bronze, shang dynasty, 1400-1200 BCE

creature shaped ritual vessel, cast bronze, shang dynasty 1600-1050 BCE

elephant shaped wine vessel, cast bronze, shang dynasty 1600-1050 BCE

cups with stand, cast bronze, shang period 1250 BCE, tomb of fu hao, ziaotun, anyang, henan

kneeling figure, jade (hardstone), shang period, 1250 BCE, tomb of fu hao, xiaotun, anyang, henan

elephant, jade (hardstone), shang period 1250 BCE, tomb of fu hao, xiaotun, anyang, henan

wine cup ivory inlaid with turqoise, shang period, 1250 BCE, tomb of fu hao, xiaotun, anyang, henan

bronze owl shaped zun vessel, late sBronze owl-hang dynasty 1200 BCE, tomb of fu hao, xiaotun, anyang, henan

ceremonial axe made of cast bronze, shang period, 1250 BCE, tomb of fu hao, xiaotun, anyang

standing figure, cast bronze, late shang period, 1200-1050 BCE, sanxingdui, sichuan

Bronze human head with gold leaf, late shang period, 1200-1050 BCE, sanxingdui, sichuan province

candelabra bronze tree, cast bronze, late shang perios, 1200-1050 BCE, sanxingdui, sichuan

ceremonial blade, jade (hardstone), late shang period, 1200-1050 BCE, sanxingdui, sichuan

sun disk, gold foil, late shang period, 1000 BCE, jinsha, chengdu sichuan

bronze two sided mask, late shang period, 1200-1050 BCE from davanzhou

excavation photograph of the tomb at dayangzhou, xin’gan, jiangxi province.

bronze tiger, late shang period, 1200-1050 BCE, from dayangzhoe, xin’gan