chinese art (midterm): center and periophery

Painted Pottery Basin with Human Face and Fish Motifs, painted earthenware, Yangshao culture, Neolithic Period, c. 4000 BC, Banpo, Xian, Shaanxi

Vortex-patterned painted jar, painted earthenware, Neolithic Period, c. 3500-1500 BC, Majiayao culture, Yongjing, Gansu

Pottery Stem cup, “eggshell” ware, Longshan culture, Neolithic Period, 3rd millennium BC, Yaoguanzhuang, Weifang, Shandong

Dawenkou Tomb no.13, Dawenkou culture, Neolithic Period, c. 4th millennium BC, Dawenkou town, Shandong

Shimao Site, stone-built fortress city, late Neolithic to early Xia Dynasty, c. 2300-1800 BCE, Loess Plateau in Shenmu, Shaanxi

Bronze jue vessel, bronze vessel, Late Xia to early shang dynasty, c. 1600 BC, Erlitou, Yanshi, Henan

Houmuwu Ding vessel, bronze vessel, Shang Dynasty, 12th century BC, Wuguan village, Anyang, Henan

Rhinoceros-shaped zun vessel, bronze vessel, Late Shang Dynasty, 11th century BC, Liangshan, Shandong

Bronze Square Ding, bronze vessel, mid-Shang dynasty, mid-2nd millennium BC, Zhangzhai, Zhengzhou, Henan

Jade Cong, carved nephrite tube, Liangzhu culture, 3rd millennium BC, Jiangsu

Bronze hu vessel with pictorial decoration, bronze vessel and drawing of the decoration, Warring States period, c. 5th century BC

Inner coffin, Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, lacquered wood, Warring States period, c.5th century BC, suixian, Hubei

Bell Set (bianzhong), cast bronze instruments, Warring States Period, c. 5th century BC, the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng state, Suixian, Hubei

Zun and pan vessels, bronze vessels, Warring States period, c. 5th century BC, the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, Leigudun, Suixian, Hubei

Standing Figure, bronze sculpture, Late Shang Dynasty, c. 1200-1050 BC, Sanxingdui Pit No. 2, Guanghan, Sichuan

Bird-shaped bronze zun vessel, bronze vessel with gold inlay inscription, Eastern Zhou dynasty, c. 5th century BC, Taiyuan, Shanxi

Courtyard compound, Late Shang-Early Western Zhou dynasty, c. 1100-1000 BCE, Fengchu, Qishan, Shaanxi, rendering by Yang Hongxuan

Ding cauldron of the duke of Mao, and ink rubbing of inscription, bronze vessel, Western Zhou Dynasty, 9th - 8th century BC, Qishan, Shaanxi

Silk Painting of a Lady with a Phoenix, ink on silk, Warring States period, 4th-3rd century BC, Changsha, Hunan

Bronze Chariot and Horses No.2 “Seated Chariot,” cast bronze, Qin Dynasty, c. 210 BC, Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Lintong, Shaanxi

Armored general, terracotta sculpture, Qin Dynasty, c. 210 BC, Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Lintong, Shaanxi

Acrobat figure from pit K9901, terracotta sculpture, Qin Dynasty, c. 210 BC, Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Lintong, Shaanxi

Funeral banner of Lady Dai, painted silk banner, Han Dynasty, c. 2nd century BC, Tomb 1 at Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan

Armless nude terracotta warriors, terracotta sculptures, Han Dynasty, c. 141 BC, Yangling Mausoleum of Emperor Jing of Western Han, Shaanxi

Jing Ke’s Failed assassination of the king of Qin, Wu Liang Shrine carving, ink rubbing of carved stone, Han Dynasty, c. 151 CE, Jiaxing, Shandong

Recovering the Tripod from the Si River, Wu Liang Shrine carving, ink rubbing of carved stone, Han Dynasty, c. 151 CE, Jiaxing, Shandong

Story of Liang the Excellent, Wu Liang Shrine carving, ink rubbing of carved stone, Han Dynasty, c. 151 ce, Jiaxing, Shandong

Heavenly horse (Ma Ta Fei Yan), bronze statuette, Eastern Han Period, c. 200 CE, Leitai tomb, Gansu

Feng Chengsu’s copy of Wang Xizhi’s The Orchid Pavilion Preface (Lantingji Xu), copy made in Tang Dynasty, c. 7th century CE, original from eastern Jin Dynasty, c. 303-361

Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, rubbings of a pair of stamped brick murals, Sourthern Dynasties, second half of the 5th century, Xishanqiao, Nanjing, Jiangsu

Seated Buddha, carved stone, Northern Wei Dynasty, c. 460 CE, Cave 20 at Yungang Grottoes, Datong, Shanxi

Emperor Xiaowen and his entourage worshipping the Buddha, limestone relief sculpture, Northern Wei dynasty, c. 522-23 CE, central Binyang cave, Longmen grottoes, Luoyang, Henan

The story of Shun, Side of a filial piety stone sarcophagus, engraved grey limestone, Northern Wei Dynasty, c. 525 CE, believed to be from the tomb of Lady Yuan, Luoyang, Henan

Deer King Jataka, mural, mineral pigments painted on mud-plaster wall, Northern Wei dynasty, 6th century CE, Mogao Cave 257, Dunhuang

Tang dynasty copy with the original attributed to Gu Kaizhi, scene 7 from Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies, handscroll, ink and color on silk, original from eastern Jin Dynasty, c. 345-406 CE, copy made in Tang dynasty, 8th century CE

Central Vairocana Buddha of Fengxiansi, carved grey limestone, Tang dynasty, 673-75 CE, Longmen, Luoyang, Henan

Emperor Huizong’s copy of Zhang Xuan’s Court ladies preparing newly woven silk, ink, color, and gold on silk, handscroll, copy from Song dynasty, early 12th century, original from Tang dynasty, c.8th century

Yan Liben, The Imperial Sedan Chair - Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibeton Envoy, ink and color on silk, Tang dynasty, 7th century

Shi Jun Sarcophagus, stone carvings with traces of pigment and gilding, Northern Zhou dynasty, 580 CE, Tomb of Shi Jun and Kang Shi, Xi’an, Shaanxi

Pictorial stone sarcophagus side panel, engraved stone panel, Northern Wei Dynasty, early 6th century, Shangyao village, Luoyang, Henan

Inlaid bronze incense burner (boshanlu), bronze vessel inlaid with gold, Western Han period, c. 2nd century BC, Tomb of Liu Sheng, Mancheng, Hubei

High-tin bronze Chinese mirror, of the mingwen lianhu (inscribed linked arcs type), inscribed bronze mirror, Western Han period, c. 10 BCE - 8CE, Tillya Tepe burial 2, Afghanistan

Second outermost coffin (black) and third outermost coffin (red) of Lady Dai, wood, lacquered exteriors and interiors, Han Dynasty, c. 2nd century BC, Tomb 1 at Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan

Pentad from Central Binyang Cave, carved limestone, Northern Wei dynasty, c. 508-523 CE, Longmen grottoes, Luoyang, Henan

Attributed to Zhou Fang, Ladies Wearing Flowers in Their Hair, hand scroll, ink and color on silk, Tang dynasty, late 8th to early 9th century

Palace maids mural, ink and color on a plastered wall, Tang Dynasty, early 8th century, the tomb of Princess Yongtai, Qianling Maosuleum, Shaanxi

Song dynasty copy of original attributed to Zhang Xuan, Lady Guoguo’s Spring Outing, hand scroll, ink and colors on silk, Tang dynasty, c. 8th century