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Bronze pedestal vessel Tou inlaid with scrolled gold dragon motif. Excavated 1965 at Ch'ang-Chi, Shansi, China. Warring States (5th-4th BCE). Height with lid 19.2 cm
#05010114

Bronze pedestal vessel Tou inlaid with scrolled gold drago...

Bronze cowrie container from tomb 1, decorated with peacocks and human figures in the round. Excavated 1955-1960 at Shi-Chai-Shan, Yunnan, China. Western Han Dynasty (2nd or early 1st BCE). Height: 27.5 cm - Diameter (base): 30.9 cm
#05010118

Bronze cowrie container from tomb 1, decorated with peacocks and human...

Bronze shaft-hole battle axe from tomb 13 decorated with free-standing ducks and snakes. Excavated 1955-60 at Shi-Chai-Shan, Yunnan, China. Western Han Dynasty (2nd or early 1st BCE). Height: 24 cm
#05010119

Bronze shaft-hole battle axe from tomb 13 decorated with free-stan...

Seated woman. Earthenware figure. Ch'in Dynasty (221-207 BCE). Found 1964 at Lin-T'ung, Shensi, China. Height: 64.5 cm
#05010131

Seated woman. Earthenware figure....

Actor in character costume. Earthenware figure. Mongolian Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 CE). Excavated 1963 at Chiao-Tso, Honan, China. Height: 37 cm (one of three)
#05010133

Actor in character costume. Earthenware figure....

Female musicians. Three stoneware figures covered with creamy white glaze, from the tomb of General Chang Sheng, Sui Dynasty. Excavated 1959 at Anyang, Honan, China. Height: 17, 20, and 19 cm
#05010134

Female musicians. Three stoneware figures covered with creamy whit...

Female musicians. Three stoneware figures covered with creamy white glaze, from the tomb of General Chang Sheng, Sui Dynasty. Excavated 1959 at Anyang, Honan, China. Height: 17, 20, 19 cm
#05010135

Female musicians. Three stoneware figures covered with creamy whit...

A horse. Earthenware figure with three colour glaze, from the tomb of Prince Yi Te, T'ang Dynasty (619-907). Excavated 1972 at Ch'ien-Hsien, Shensi, China. Height: 80 cm
#05010137

A horse. Earthenware figure with three colour glaze, from the t...

Bronze bells. Pien Chung. Tomb of Marquis of Ts'ai. Three of nine (tuned in scale). Spring and Autumn period (1st quarter 5th BCE). Excavated 1965 at Shou-Hsien, Anhui, China. Height: 28-16.6 cm
#05010138

Bronze bells. Pien Chung. Tomb of Marquis of Ts'ai. Three of nine...

Tomb guardian. - Stoneware figure with creamy white and brown glaze from the tomb of the General Chang Seng, Sui Dynasty (595 CE). Excavated 1959 at Anyang, Honan, China. Height: 71 cm
#05010140

Tomb guardian. - Stoneware figure with creamy white and brown glaze fr...

Tomb guardian. - Stoneware figure with creamy white and brown glaze from the tomb of the General Chang Seng, Sui Dynasty (595 CE). Excavated 1959 at Anyang, Honan, China. Height: 64 cm
#05010141

Tomb guardian. - Stoneware figure with creamy white and brown glaze fr...

Camel. - Terracotta figure with three-color glaze from a tomb at Ch'ung-Pu near Shensi, China - excavated 1959. T'ang Dynasty (early 8th CE). Height: 47.5 cm
#05010144

Camel. - Terracotta figure with three-color glaze from a tomb at Ch'...