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2012_91_56a-b.jpgTripod storage vessel (唐朝) Tang Dynasty(comma) Shaanxi province 618 – 906 CE. Earthenware with (三彩) sāncăi glaze. Táng tomb furnishings were famously…
2012_91_45.jpgHorse’s Head (汉朝) Han Dynasty 206 BCE – 220 CE. Painted earthenware tomb furnishing. High ranking Chinese officials from generals to emperors were…
2012_91_44a-b.jpg(镇墓兽) Zhèn Mù Shoù(comma) tomb beasts(comma) （五代）wŭ dài(comma) Five Dynasties 907 – 979 CE. Painted earthenware. This pair of mythical tomb beasts…
2012_91_44a-b.jpg(镇墓兽) Zhèn Mù Shoù(comma) tomb beasts(comma) （五代）wŭ dài(comma) Five Dynasties 907 – 979 CE. Painted earthenware. This pair of mythical tomb beasts…
2012_91_42b.jpg(鼎) Ding tripod(comma) (汉朝) Han Dynasty 206 BCE – 220 CE. Cold painted ceramic. The Ding vessel was very important to the worship of ancestors(comma)…
2012_91_39a.jpg(罐)Guan shaped vessel with (饕餮)tāotìe design handles. (周代) Zhou dynasty 1046 – 256 BCE. The tāotìe design is said to represent a mythical gluttonous…
2012_91_34a.jpg(香薰) xiāng xūn(comma) Incense burner(comma) (汉朝) Han Dynasty 206 BCE – 220 CE. Painted grey earthenware in mountain shape with mythical creatures.…
2012_91_3.jpgHu shaped storage vessel(comma) Gansu province (马家窑文化) Măjiāyáo culture(comma) (马厂) Măchăng phase 2300 – 2000 BCE. Red/buff earthenware with purple to…
2012_91_20a.jpg(鬲) Li tripod(comma) (龙山) Long Shan culture 3000 – 2000 BCE. Red earthenware li shaped tripod effigy pitcher. These objects were used in rituals for…
2012_91_178a-b.jpgPorcelain tea pot(comma) (清朝)Qing Dynasty 1644 – 1912 CE. A classic porcelain tea pot made for European trade(comma) it was manufactured sometime in…