Axe Blade w/handle fittings

Neolithic

3rd millennium BCE

hardstone

cong

neolithic

3rd millenium

hardstone

pitcher

neolithic

3rd millenium

clay

vessel w/modeled ithyphallic design

neolithic

3rd millenium BCE

earthenware

ox shoulder blade

Shang

1200-1050 BCE

cooking vessel,fangding

Shang

1600-1400 BCE

bronze

meng gui grain vessel

Western Zhou

950-850 BCE

bronze

"man and beast" motif on ceremonial axe

Shang

1200 BCE

bronze

Standing figure

Shang

1200-1050 BCE

bronze

man holding lamp

Eastern Zhou

310 BCE

bronze

hu

Eastern Zhou

550 BCE

bronze

chime of bells, bianzhong

Eastern Zhou

433 BCE

Lishan, 1st Emperor's Tomb

Qin

late 3rd c BCE

Xi'an

officer figure

Qin

210 BCE

terracotta

Maitreya Buddha

Northen Liang

420-20 CE

clay on wooden armature

Dunhuang

Sakyamuni Buddha

Northern Wei.

523 CE

Binyang Chapel. Longmen

limestone

Empress as donor

N. Wei

c 523 CE

Binyang Chapel, Longmen

limestone

cave 285

Western Wei

538 CE

Dunhuang

Spirit path official Qianling

Tang

638 CE

Hunting scene

Tang

706-711 CE

buddha ensemble

Tang

late 7th-early 8th c CE

Cave 328, Dunhuang

burial suit

Former Han

113 BCE

Painted banner

former Han

after 168 BCE

Fu Hau's tomb

Shang

1200 BCE

Anyang

Great wall

Qin onwards

221 CE onwards

northern China

Ground plan of the Tomb of Liu Shend and Dou Wan

Han

113 BCE

Mancheng

bronze incense burner

Han

113 BCE

Human-shaped lam

Han

113 BCE

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Lady Dai's Middle and outer coffin

Former Han

after 168 BCE

Changsha

Main Hall, Nanchan Temple

Tang

782 CE

Mount Wutai