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Bowl With Slip Decoration of Men‘s Heads And Fish

ca. 5000-ca. 4000 BCE; Earthenware. Diameter: 39.5 cmYangshao culture, Banpo type
The National Museum of China, Beijing

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Bowl with Stylized Floral or Leaf Designs

Black pigment on red earthenware, 23 x 36 cm
Yangshao culture, Miaodigou type
Excavated in 1979 in Fangshan county, Shanxi Province
Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Taiyuan

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Jar with Spiral Decoration, ca. 2600–2300 BCE
Red earthenware with painted decoration
H. 37.0 cm., diam. 53.0 cm
Majiayao culture, Banshan type
Princeton University Art Museum

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Black Pottery Cup
ca. 2000 BCE
Clay; Height 16.3cm
Longshan culture

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Head of a Female Deity, ca. 4000-3000 BCE
Earthenware and jade. Height: 22.5 cm
Excavated in 1983 in Niuheliang, Liaoning province
Liaoning Institute of Archaeology, Shenyang

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Ornament in the Shape of a Pig-dragon
ca. 3600-2000 BCE
Jade, H. 6.2 x W. 4 in.
Hongshan culture
Liaoning Province Museum, Shengyang

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Jade Dragon, ca. 6000-5000 BCE
Jade, 26.3 x 29.3 cm
Excavated in 1971 in Inner Mongolia, China
National Museum of China, Beijing

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Ritual Object, Bi, ca. 3200–2000 BCE
Jade (nephrite). Diam. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Tall Jade cong, ca. 3300-2000 BCE
Liangzhu culture
Prism, 30.2 x 6.5 x 7.5 cm (11 7/8 x 2 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum,

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Types of Bronze Vessel

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Wine
Water
Food

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Jue with Taotie Décor
14-11th century BCE, Shang dynasty
H. 22.4 x W. 19.7 x D. 11.2 cm
Harvard University of Art Museums

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Lidded Ritual Wine Container (You) with Taotie and Dragons
ca. 1100 – 1050 BCE, Shang dynasty
H x W x D: 36.1 x 26.9 x 23.6 cm
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Guang
Late Shang dynasty
Height: 9 ¾ in.
Harvard University Art Museums

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Guang
Late Shang dynasty
Height: 9 ¾ in.
Harvard University Art Museums

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Houmuwu ding
Late Shang dynasty, bronze
Height: 133 cm
From the Tomb of Fu Hao, Anyang, Henan province
National Museum of China, Beijing

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16
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Elements of the _____

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Lower Jaw
Forehead
Fang
Snout
Upper Jaw or Trunk
Crest
C-Horn
Beak or Fang
Tail
Quill
Eye
Leg

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Sanxingdui
(location)

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Standing Figure
ca. 1300 BCE – 1100 BCE
Height: 2.62 m (8’7”)
Sanxingdui Museum, Sichuan

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Bronze Mask
60 x 134 cm
Sanxingdui Museum, Sichuan

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Oracle Bones, Shang Dynasty
Left: Reverse of ox scapulae Right: Reverse of tortoise plastron

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21
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Above: Oracle Bone (Tortoise plastron)
ca. 1300 – 1050 BCE, Shang dynasty
7.6 x 9.7 cm (3 x 3 13/16 in)
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Right: Oracle Bone
ca. 1200 – 1050 BCE, Shang dynasty
L. 21.6 x W. 10 x D. 2.6 cm
The British Museum

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Houmuwu ding
Late Shang dynasty
Height: 133 cm
From the Tomb of Fu Hao
National Museum of China, Beijing

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Owl Shaped Wine Container (zun)
Late Shang dynasty
Height: 6.3 cm
From the Tomb of Fu Hao
Henan Museum, Zhengzhou

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Kneeling Figurine
Late Shang dynasty
Jade; Height: 7 cm
From the Tomb of Fu Hao, Anyang, Henan province
National Museum of China, Beijing

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Square Lidded Ritual Wine Container (Fangyi)
Early Western Zhou period
Ht. 35.6 cm
Freer Gallery of Asian Art

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Tripod of Duke Mao (Maogong Ding)
Late Western Zhou period
Ht. 53.8 cm
National Palace Museum, Taipei

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San Pan
Western Zhou period
Ht. 20.6 cm, dia. 54.6 cm
National Palace Museum, Taipei

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Inscription on San Pan

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Fanghu with Lotus and Crane
Spring and Autumn period
Ht. 123 cm
Henan Provincial Museum, Zhengzhou

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Bianhu Flask
Warring States Period
Bronze inlaid with silver
Ht. 31.2 cm
Freer Gallery of Asian Art

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Lacquer Exterior (above) and Interior (below) Coffins
Warring States Period
From the Tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng

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Bells
Warring States Period
Tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng

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Zun Pan
Warring states, or Eastern Zhou
Ht: 30.1 cm
Tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng

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Painting of a Lady with a Phoenix and Dragon
Eastern Zhou (481 BCE-221 BCE)
H. 12.3 x W. 9.1 in.
Hunan Provincial Museum, Changs

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Painting of a Man Riding a Dragon Boat
Eastern Zhou (481 BCE-221 BCE)
H. 14.7 x W. 11 in.
Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha

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Yangshao

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Neolithic Culture

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Hongshan

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Neolithic Culture

39
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Majiayao

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Neolithic Culture

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Liangzhu

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Neolithic Culture

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Longshan

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Neolithic Culture

42
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What are the major bronze vessel types?

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Jue
Ding
Hu
You

43
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What are decoration motifs on bronzes?

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Taotie
Dragon
Feiyi
Gui

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Sanxingdui

46
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Tomb of Fu Hai

47
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Oracle bone and oracle bone script

48
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Seal script - Zhuanshu

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Jinwen

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Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng (Zenghou Yi mu)

51
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Lost - Wax casting

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