Yangshao Culture vases

from Gansu Province, China

mid-third millenium BCE.

Earthenware

Guang

probably from Anyang, China

Shang dynasty

12th or 11th century BCE.

Bronze, 6 1/2" high

Standing figure

from Sanxingdui, China

ca. 1200-1050 BCE.

Bronze, 8' 5" high, including base

Bi disk with dragons

from Jincun, China

Eastern Zhou dynasty

fourth to third century BCE.

Nephrite, 6 1/2" in diameter

Army of the First Emperor of Qin in pits next to his burial mound

Lintong, China

Qin dynasty

ca. 210 BCE.

Painted terracotta, average figure 5' 10 7/8" high

Funeral banner

from Tomb 1 (tomb of Dai)

Mawangdui, China

Han dynasty

ca. 168 BCE.

Painted silk, 6' 8 3/4" x 3' 1/4"

The archer Yi and a reception in a mansion

Wu family shrine, Jiaxiang, China

Han dynasty, 147-168 CE.

Rubbing of stone relief

approx. 3' x 5'

Model of a house

Han dynasty, first century CE. 

Painted earthenware, 4' 4" high

Shakyamuni Buddha

Zhao dynasty

Period of Disunity, 338

Gilded bronze, 1' 3 1/2" high

Gu Kaizhi, Lady Feng and the Bear

detail of Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies

Period of Disunity

late fourth century

Handscroll, ink and colors on silk, 9 3/4" x 11' 4 1/2"

Shakyamuni and Prabhutaratna

Northern Wei dynasty

518

Gilded bronze, 10 1/4" high

Vairocana Buddha, disciples, and bodhisattvas

Longmen Caves, Luoyang, China

Tang dynasty, completed 675

Buddha, approx. 44' high

Paradise of Amitabha, Cave 172

Dunhuang, China

Tang dynasty, mid-eighth century

Wall painting, approx. 10' high

Attributed to Yan Liben, Emperor Xuan and attendants

detail of The Thirteen Emperors

Tang dynasty, ca. 650

Handscroll, ink and colors on silk, detail: 1' 8 1/4" x 1' 5 1/2"

entire scroll: 17' 5" long

Palace ladies, detail of a wall painting in the tomb of Princess Yongtai

Qianxian, China

Tang dynasty, 706

approx. 5' 10" x 6' 6"

Neighing Horse

Tang dynasty

eighth to ninth century

Glazed earthenware, 1' 8" high

Fan Kuan, Travelers among Mountains and Streams

Northern Song period, early 11th century

Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk, 6' 7 1/4" x 3' 4 1/4"

Attributed to Huizong, Auspicious Cranes

Northern Song period, 1112

Section of a handscroll, ink and colors on silk, 1' 8 1/8" x 4' 6 3/8" 

Meiping vase

from Xiuwi, China

Northern Song period, 12th century

Stoneware, Cizhou type, with sgraffito decoration, 1' 7 1/2" high

Foguang Si Pagoda

Yingxian, China

Liao dynasty

1056

Ma Yuan, On a Mountain Path in Spring

Southern Song period, early 13th century

Album leaf, ink and colors on silk 10 3/4" x 17"

Zhou Jichang, Arhats Giving Alms to Beggars

Southern Song period, early 13th century

Hanging scrol, ink on paper, 2' 5 1/4" high

Liang Kai, Sixth Chan Patriarch Chopping Bamboo

Southern Song period

ealry 13th century

Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 2' 5 1/4" high

Crown, from north mound of tomb 98 at Hwangnamdong

near Kyongju, Korea

Silla kingdom, fifth to sixth century

Gold, 10 3/4" high

Shakyamuni Buddha

at entrance to cave temple

Sokkuram, Korea, Great Silla

751-774

Granite, approx. 11' high

Maebyong vase

Koryo period, ca. 918-1000

Celadon with inlaid decoration, 1' 4 1/2" tall