Ancient and Medieval China, ca. 3000 BCE - 907 CE Flashcards
Tortoise, part of a drinking game called “Jade Candle of the Analects”
Type: game piece; figurine
Materials: silver, partially gilded
Culture: Chinese
Measurements: H. 34.2 cm
Date/Period: late 9th century/Tang
Style Period: Tang Dynasty
Discovery Date: 1982
Discovery Location: silver hoard Dingmaoqiao, Dantu County (Jiangsu, China)
Repository: Zhenjiang City Museum (Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China)
Monstrance in the Shape of a Bodhisattva (to display a relic)
Type: monstrance
Materials: silver, pearl, partly gilded
Culture: Chinese
Measurements: H. 38.5 cm
Date/Period: 871/Tang
Style Period: Tang
Discovery Date: 1987
Discovery Location: Underground Palace at Famen Monastery (Fufeng, Shaanxi, China)
Repository: County Museum (Fufeng, Shaanxi, China)
Dish with so-called “Mise” Glaze (“Secret Color”)
Type: dish (vessel)
Material: glazed porcelain
Culture: Chinese
Measurements: D. 23.8 cm
Date/Period: before 874/Tang
Style Period: Tang
Discovery Date: 1987
Discovery Location: Underground Palace at Famen Monastery (Fufeng, Shaanxi, China)
Repository: County Museum (Fufeng, Shaanxi, China)
Silk Gauze (luo)
Type: shroud; cover
Materials: silk gauze embroidered with colored silk thread
Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: 4th century BCE/Eastern Zhou (warring states)
Style Period: Chu State (Eastern Zhou)
Burial Date: ca. 300 BCE
Discovery Date: 1982
Discovery Location: found wrapped around the remains of a woman, Tomb 1, Chu Tomb (Mashan, Hubei, China)
Repository: Jingzhou County Museum (Hubei, China)
Father Gui Cauldron (Fu Gui ding)
Type: ding (ritual vessel)
Material: cast bronze
Measurements: H. 22.5 cm
Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: 12th-11th century BCE/Shang
Style Period: Shang
Discovery Location: unknown
Repository: National Palace Museum (Taipei, Taiwan)
Beaker
Type: beaker (drinking vessel)
Materials: ivory with turquoise inlays
Creator: Chinese
Date/Period: ca. 1200 BCE/Shang
Style Period: Shang
Discovery Date: 1976
Discovery Location: Tomb of Queen Fu Hao (near Anyang, Henan, China)
Repository: Institute of Archaeology (Beijing, Beijing Shi, China)
Ritual Bronze Axe
Type: axe (weapon)
Material: bronze
Culture: Chinese
Measurements: L. 39.3 cm; W. 9 kg
Date/Period: ca. 1200 BCE/Shang
Style Period: Shang
Discoery Date: 1976
Discovery Location: Tomb of Queen Fu Hao (near Anyang, Henan, China)
Repository: Institute of Archaeology (Beijing, Beijing Shi, China)
Mountain-shaped Incense Burner (boshan lu)
Type: incense burner
Materials: bronze with gold inlays
Culture: Chinese
Measurements: H. 26 cm
Date/Period: late 2nd century BCE/Western Han
Style Period: Western Han
Burial Date: 113 BCE
Discovery Date: 1968
Discovery Location: left burial chamber, Tomb of Prince Liu Sheng (Mancheng, Hebei, China)
Repository: Hebei Province Museum (Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China)
Ritual Wine Vessel (hu)
Type: hu; vessel
Materials: bronze with gold and silver inlays
Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: 2nd century BCE/Western Han
Style Period: Western Han
Burial Date: 113 BCE
Discovery Date: 1968
Discovery Location: main burial chamber, Tomb of Prince Liu Sheng (Mancheng, Hebei, China)
Repository: Hebei Province Museum (Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China)
Lacquer Wine Vessel (hu)
Type: hu; vessel
Materials: lacquer, wood; painted decoration and wooden core
Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: early 2nd century BCE/Western Han
Style Period: Western Han
Burial Date: ca. 168 BCE
Discovery Date: 1972
Discovery Location: tomb 1, Tomb of Marchioness of Dai at Mawangdui (Changsha, Hunan, China)
Repository: Hunan Provincial Museum (Changsha, Hunan, China)
