Art & Architecture of Ancient China 1600 BCE – 1279 CE

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

Standing figure, from Sanxingdui, China, ca. 1200-1050 BCE, Bronze,

8” 5” high.

Bi disk with dragons, from Jincun, China, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 4th – 3rd 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 147-168 CE, Rubbing of a stone relief

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

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

Fan Kuan, Travelers among

Mountains and Streams, Northern Song period, early 11th 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 13th 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