Art & Architecture of Ancient China 1600 BCE – 1279 CE

Guang, Anyang, China, Shang Dynasty, 12 th or 11 th C BCE, Bronze, 6 ½” H

Standing figure, from Sanxingdui, China, ca BCE, Bronze, 8” 5” high.

Bi disk with dragons, from Jincun, China, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 4 th – 3 rd C. BCE, Nephrite, 6 ½” diameter

Army of the First Emperor of Qin in pits next to his burial mound, Lintong, China, Qin dynasty, ca. 210 BCE, Painted Terracotta, average figure 5’ 10 7/8” high

Funeral Banner, from Tomb 1, Mawangdui, China, Han dynasty, ca. 168 BCE, Painted silk, 6’ 8 ¾” x 3’ ¼”

The archer Yi and a reception in a mansion, Wu family shrine, Jiaxiang, China, Han dynasty CE, Rubbing of a stone relief

Gu Kaizhi, Lady Feng and the Bear (detail), Period of Disunity,late 4 th C. handscroll on silk, 9 ¾” x 11’ 4 ½”.

Neighing Horse, Tang dynasty, 8 th to 9 th C. Glazed Earthenware, 1” 8” high

Fan Kuan, Travelers among Mountains and Streams, Northern Song period, early 11 th C. Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk, 6’ 7 ¼” x 3’ 4 ½”

Attributed to Huizong, Auspicious Cranes, Northern Song Period, 1112, section of a handscroll, ink and colors on silf, 1’ 8 ½” x 4’ 6 1/8”

Ma Yuan, On a Mountain Path in Spring, Southern Song period, early 13 th C. Album leaf, ink and colors on silk, 10 ¾” x 17”

Chinese wooden architecture feature dramatically projecting eaves

Foguang Si Pagoda, Yingxian, China, Liao dynasty, 1056