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Chronology:
East Asia and the West
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Painted pottery basin; spiral style; c. 5000 BC, Northwest Culture (Miaodigou) |
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Painted pottery basin; geometric style; c. 5000 BC, Northwest Culture (Banpo) |
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White pottery pitcher; c. 4000 BC, East Coast Culture (Dawenkou) |
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Black pottery cup; c. 3000 BC, East Coast Culture (Longshan) |
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Stone and jade axes; c. 4000 BC, East Coast Culture (Dawenkou) |
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Jade Pig-dragon, c. 4000 BC, East Coast Culture (Hongshan) |
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"Jade furnished" tomb at Wujin, Jiangsu province; Liangzhu culture (a branch of the East Coast Cultural Tradition in the lower Yangzi River region); ca. 3000 BC. |
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Jade cong-tube; c. 3000 BC, East Coast Culture (Liangzhu) |
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Bronze
jue-cup from Erlitou, Henan province, late Xia or early Shang dynasty,
1st half of the 2nd millennium BC.
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Max Loehr’s “five style sequence” of Shang bronze decoration. |
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Square bronze ding vessel decorated with Loher style 1 motifs, early-mid Shang dynasty, mid-2nd millennium BC. |
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Bronze ding vessel decorated with Loher style 2 motifs, early-mid Shang, mid-2nd millennium BC. |
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Bronze jia vessel decorated with Loher style 4 motifs, mid-late Shang, mid-late mullennium BC. |
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Square bronze yi vessel decorated with Loehr style 5 motifs, late Shang dynasty, 13th-12th century BC. |
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Owl-shaped bronze vessel from Fu Hao's tomb, Anyang period, late Shang, c. 13th century BC. |
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Bronze statue, Sanxingdui culture, Sichuan, late Shang-early Zhou, end of the 2nd millennium BC. |
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Some bronze vessels from Zhuangbai hoard no.1, commissioned by four generations of the Wei family: (i) early W. Zhou; (ii) mid-W. Zhou; (iii) mid-late W. Zhou; (iv) late W. Zhou. 11th-8th centuries BC., Shaanxi province. |
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Bronze guang vessel (flamboyant style), early Western Zhou, 11th-10th century BC. |
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Bronze gui vessel (paired-bird motif), mid-Western Zhou, 10th-9th century BC. |
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Bonze gui vessel with simplified decoration, late Western Zhou, 9th-8th century BC. |
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Bronze pan vessel with a long commemorative inscription, late Western Zhou, 9th-8th century BC. |
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A "pictorial" bronze engraved with the image of a terrace-building and ritual performances, mid-Eastern Zhou, ca. 5th century BC. |
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A set of bronze bells from the tomb of Marquis Yi of the Zeng state at Suixian, Hubei province, mid-E. Zhou, 5th century BC. |
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A set of bronze vessel from the tomb of Marquise Yi of the Zeng state, at Suixian, Hubei province, mid-E. Zhou, 5th century BC. |
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Inlaid bronze lamp from the Zhongshan mausoleum at Pingshan, Hebei province, late E. Zhou, late 4th century BC. |
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Inlaid animal sculpture (one of three bases of a free-standing screen) from the Zhongshan mausoleum at Pingshan, Hebei province, late E. Zhou, late 4th century BC. |
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Bronze mirror with inlaid design, late E. Zhou, 4th century BC. |
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Bronze garment hook with inlaid patterns, late E. Zhou, 4th century BC. |
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Embroidered textile, 4th-3rd century BC, from Mashan, Hubei province, late E. Zhou, 4th century BC. |
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Reconstruction of the mortuary shrine
above Fu Hao's tomb, Anyang, Henan province; late Shang, ca. 1300 BC.
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Tomb 1001 of King Wuding (?), Anyang, Henan province; late Shang, ca. 1300 BC. |
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A Western Zhou temple on the Zhou plain (floor plan and reconstruction), Shaanxi province; ca. 1000 BC. |
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Idealized plan of the Zhou royal capital, late Eastern Zhou, 4th-3rd century BC. |
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Tomb of Marquis Yi of the Zeng state at Suixian, Hubei province, mid E. Zhou, 5th century BC. |
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Reconstruction of a Zhongshan mausoleum based on the "design of the funerary district" from the mausoleum, late E. Zhou, late 4th century BC. |
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Plan of the Lishan Mausoleum (of the First Qin Emperor), Lintong, Shaanxi province, Qin, early 3rd century BC. |
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Bronze chariot from the Lishan Mausoleum, Lintong, Shaanxi province, Qin, early 3rd century BC. |
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"Underground army" (Pit 1) in the Lishan Mausoleum, Lintong, Shaanxi province, Qin, early 3rd century BC. |
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Pottery statue of a soldier in the "underground army" in the Lishan Mausoleum, Lintong, Shaanxi province, Qin, early 3rd century BC. |
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Reconstruction of Bright Hall and the surrounding Biyong moat, commissioned by Wang Mang in the early first century AD. Xin dynasty, Chang'an, Shaanxi province. |
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Bronze TLV mirror (back), early 1st century AD. Xin dynasty or the early Eastern Han. |
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Reconstruction of the
Mawangdui tomb, Changsha, Hunan province, early Western Han, early 2nd century
BC.
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The 2nd of the four painted coffins. Mawangdui tomb no.1, Changsha, Hunan province, early Western Han, early 2nd century BC. |
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The 3rd of the four painted coffins in Mawangdui tomb no.1. Changsha, Hunan province, early Western Han, early 2nd century BC. |
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Painted silk banner from Mawangdui tomb no.1. Changsha, Hunan province, early Western Han, early 2nd century BC. |
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Lacquer utensils from Mawangdui tomb no.1. Changsha, Hunan province, early Western Han, early 2nd century BC. |
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Figurines from Mawangdui tomb no.1. Changsha, Hunan province, early Western Han, early 2nd century BC. |
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Reconstruction of the tomb of Prince Liu Sheng of the Zhongshan kingdom at Mancheng (Mancheng tomb no.1), Hebei province, mid-Western Han, 113 BC. |
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The "jade body" of Prince Liu Sheng. Mancheng, Hebei province, mid-Western Han, 113 B. C. |
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Stone funerary shrine, at Xiaotangshan, Shandong province, first century AD, early Eastern Han. |
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Stone que-pillar gate in front of Gao Yi's tomb, Ya'an, Sichuan province, 209 AD, late Eastern Han. |
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Stone relief carving in the front chamber (E. wall) of the Cangshan Tomb: "Greeting the funerary procession." Shandong province, 151 AD, late Eastern Han. |
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The Queen Mother of the West on Kunlun Mountains, clay sculpture from Sichuan province, 2nd century AD, late Eastern Han. |
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Story teller, clay sculpture, 2nd century AD, late Eastern Han, Sichuan province. |
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Detail of the Wu Liang shrine wall carvings (virtuous widow: Liang the Excellent). Jiaxiang, Shandong province, late E. Han, 151 AD. |
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Detail of the Wu Liang shrine wall carvings (filial grandson: Ding Lan). Jiaxiang, Shandong province, late E. Han, 151 AD. |
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Detail of the Wu Liang shrine wall carvings (loyal subject: Jing Ke's attempted assassination of the First Qin Emperor). Jiaxiang, Shandong province, late E. Han, 151 AD. |
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Inlaid bronze censer, from Prince Liu Sheng's tomb at Mancheng, Hebei province, mid-Western Han, 113 BC. |
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Stone carving in front of Huo Qubing's tomb. Near Xi'an, Shaanxi province, 117 BC, mid-Western Han. |
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Heavenly horse, bronze sculpture, from Wuwei, Gansu province, late Eastern Han, 2nd century AD. |
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Dunhuang, Cave 249, ceiling, Western Wei, mid-6th century. |
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Dunhuang, Cave 285, “Story of 500 Bandits,” Western Wei, mid-6th century. |
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Yungang, Cave 20, Main Seated Buddha, Northern Wei dynasty, late 5th century. |
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Yungang, Buddha’s life,, Northern Wei, late 5th century. |
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Longmen, Cave 14, Northern Wei, early 6th century, Luoyang, Henan province. |
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Longmen, “Empress worshipping the Buddha,” Northern Wei, early 6th century. |
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Dunhuang, “Western Paradise of Amida,” Cave 172, Tang, 7-8 century AD. |
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Longmen, Great Buddha at Fengxian Temple, Tang, c. 675 AD, Luoyang. |
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Great Goose Pagoda, Xi’an, Tang, 7th century. |
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Main Hall, Nanchan Temple, Tang, late 8th century, Mount Wutai, Shangxi province |
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The 2nd of the four painted coffins. Mawangdui tomb no.1, Changsha, Hunan province, early Western Han, early 2nd century BC. (detail) |
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Painted silk banner from Mawangdui tomb no.1. Changsha, Hunan province, early Western Han, early 2nd century BC. (detail1) |
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Painted silk banner from Mawangdui tomb no.1. Changsha, Hunan province, early Western Han, early 2nd century BC.(detail2) |
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Painted lacquer inner coffin of
Marquise Yi of the Zeng state at Suixian, Hubei province, mid E. Zhou, 5th
century BC.
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"A woman, a phoenix, and a kui-dragon," painted silk banner from a Warring States period tomb near Changsha, Hunan province, late E. Zhou, 3rd century BC. |
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"A man on a dragon boat," painted silk banner from a Warring States period tomb near Changsha, Hunan province, late E. Zhou, 3rd century BC. |
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Inlaid pictorial decoration on a chariot ornament, from Sanpanshan, Hebei province, late Western Han, early first century BC. |
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