Slides For Chinese Art And Archaeology

Front 1

Pagoda, five tiers plus base.

Back 1

0-1 Great Pagoda of the Fogong (Buddha's Palace) Temple.

Yingxian, Shanxi, datable to 1056. height 221'

Front 2

Terracotta army

Back 2

0-3 Warriors

Qin, c. 210 BCE. Earthenware. Trench I, Lichan, Lintong, Shaanxi

Front 3

Hanging scroll, archaic script (with running script annotation bottom left corner)

Back 3

0-4 Wu Changshi (1884-1927) Stone Drum Script

1915. One of a set of four hanging scrolls, ink on paper, 59 x 15 3/4".

Front 4

Earthenware vessel, medium base, semi-long neck, black painted even lines around, with central abstract decoration. Small lip, no paint inside.

Back 4

1-1 Bottle with painted decoration
Yangshao Culture, Majiayao Phase, 4th millenium BCE. Earthenware, height 11". Minhe, Qinghai.

Front 5

Bird, hole bored through left wing base

Back 5

1-5 Bird

Hongshan Culture, 4th millenium BCE. Turquoise, hight 1". Dongshanzui, Kezuo, Liaoning.

Front 6

Green color stone, cloud shape, hook carved in center

Back 6

1-6 Hooked-cloud ornament

Front view. Hongshan Culture, 4th millenium BCE. Hardstone, length 8 3/4". Niuheliang, Jianping, Liaoning.

Front 7

Pig dragon ornament, round hole through center, small round indentation/hole in back

Back 7

1-7 Pig-dragon

Hongshan Culture, 4th millenium BCE, Hardstone, height 6 1/2". Niuheliang, Jianping, Liaoning.

Front 8

Axe blade, small hole. (detail shows mask/taotie motif)

Back 8

1-8 Axe blade with handle fittings.

Liangzhu Culture, 3rd millennium BCE. Hardstone. Fanshan, Yuhang, Zhejiang.

Front 9

Squared stone tube.

Back 9

1-9 Squared tube, /cong/
Liangzhu Culture, 3rd millennium BCE, Hardstone, height 11 1/2"

Front 10

bowl, red clay w/ black designs, representative motifs (face, fish) on inside, rim mostly black with red stripe designs.

Back 10

1-11 Bowl with painted decoration

Yangshao Culture, Banpo phase, 5th millenium BCE. Earthenware, diameter 15 1/2 ". Banpo, Xi'an, Shaanxi.

Front 11

round basin, small base, sharp angle to widest part, where decoration begins and vessel curves in to rim.

Back 11

1-12 Basin with painted decoration

Yangshao Culture, Miaodigou phase, 4th millenium BCE. Earthenware, height 14 1/4". Miaodigou, Sanmenxia, Henan.

Front 12

round basin, curved, wide rim, painting on outside, but more ornate inside (straight lines, parallel waves, dots), rim has crosshatch and concentric designs

Back 12

1-13 Basin with painted decoration

Yangshao Culture, Majiayao phase, 4th millenium BCE. Earthenware, diameter 11 3/4". Minhe, Qinghai.

Front 13

small base, sharply angled out and back in to rim, top half decorated, somewhate flowery designs, red brown white designs on red clay

Back 13

1-14 Basin with painted decoration

Dawenkou culture, 4th millenium BCE, earthenware, height 4 1/2". Dadunzi, Pi County, Jiangsu

Front 14

goblet/bowl on pedastal

brown clay, white painted decorations on base, outside and rim.

Back 14

1-15 Pedestal bowl with painted decoration

Dawenkou Culture, 4th millennium BCE. Earthenware, height 11 1/2". Dawenkou, Tai'an, Shandong.

Front 15

small base, tall angle, curve in slightly to rim. only curve to rim painted with white and black designs

Back 15

1-16 Basin with painted decoration

Yangshao Culture, 4th millenium BCE. Earthenware, height 8 1/4". Dahecun, Zhengzhou, Henan.

Front 16

/gui/, three legs with 'twisted' handle, raised dots emulate pounded bronze design, pitcher rim.

Back 16

1-17 Pitcher

Longshan Culture, 3rd millenium BCE. White pottery, height 11 1/2". Yaoguanzhuang, Weifang, Shandong.

Front 17

black pottery, long stem wine vessel, segmented (base, center, cup). Center has small indentations as a design. thin rim and overall construction.

Back 17

1-18 Stem cup

Longshan Culture, 3rd Millenium bce. "Eggshell" ware, height 10 1/2". Donghaiyu, Rizhao, Shandong.