Early Chinese Art and Archaeology

Vocabulary flashcards identifying key artifacts, cultures, dates, and locations from ancient Chinese art and archaeology.

Painted pottery jar

Originating from the Majiayao culture

3rd millennium BCE

Large jade cong featuring face motifs

Liangzhu culture

Late 3rd millennium BCE

Bronze tripod pouring cup/jue

Yanshi, Henan Province

Erlitou Culture (19th-16th century BCE)

Marble Kneeling Tiger-Human sculpture

Anyang, Henan Province

Late Shang period (14th-11th c. BCE)

Bronze Fangding square caldron vessel featuring face décor and dragon-shaped feet

Tomb of Fu Hao, Anyang, Henan Province

Late Shang Dynasty (13th century BCE)

Large bronze Standing Figure statue

Recovered from Sanxingdui Pit (No. 2) in Sichuan Province

1600-1046 BCE

Hu-gui, bronze ritual vessel

Discovered in the Plain of Zhou, Shaanxi Province

Late Western Zhou period

Set of musical chime bells (Bianzhong)

Excavated from the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zheng in Hubei Province

Warring States period (433 BCE / late 5th century BCE)

Massive collection of sculpted clay Terracotta warriors

Tomb of the First Emperor in Shaanxi Province

Qin dynasty

Painted Funeral Banner of Lady Dai

Mawangdui Tomb 1, Hunan Province

Western Han Dynasty (168 BCE)