1. Chinese

2. Yangshao Funerary Urn Painted Pottery funerary urn, Neolithic Banshan phase, c bc, from Yangshao, Henan province, China; in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm. Height 33.5 cm.
Yangshao Funerary Urn Neolithic Banshan phase, c bc, from Yangshao, Henan province, China, Height 33.5 cm.

3. Funerary Jar, Yangshao, Majiayao culture
Picture shows a pottery jar identified as of the Majiayao culture, which was produced 3,300-2,900 years ago. It was unearthed at Lintao County, Gansu Province.
What merit even greater attention, however, are painted pottery utensils found at a place also called "Miaodigou" on the foot of Mt. Hua shan in Shaanxi. These are beautiful with strings of decorative patterns painstakingly designed and arranged. Research has led to the discovery that the workmen first used dots to mark the position of each pattern on the roughcast of a utensil, and then linked the patterns with straight lines or curved triangles to form a decorative belt vigorous and rhythmic in artistic style. A careful viewer won’t miss those lines cut in intaglio or relief, forming rose flowers, buds, leaves and stems.
Pottery utensils of the same Yangshao culture that are found in different places invariably have different theme patterns for their decorative belts. Nevertheless, patterns with rose flowers as the theme decoration are found on pottery of all types, indicating an inherent link of theirs.
Funerary Jar, Yangshao, Majiayao culture

4. Gui, Shandong Longshan culture 2400-2000 BCE
gui, Shandong longshan culture c bc
Gui, Shandong Longshan culture BCE

5. Shandong, Longshan culture 2400-2000 BCE

6. Qin Dynasty BCE

8. Late Warring States Period, 476-221 BCE Dimensions: 12 1/4" (31.5 cm)
Period: Late Warring States Period, BCE
Dimensions: 12 1/4" (31.5 cm)
Late Warring States Period, BCE
Dimensions: 12 1/4" (31.5 cm)

9. Painted pottery pot with raised reliefs of dragons and phoenixes, Western Han Dynasty 202 BC – 9 AD
Collection of Palace Museum, Beijing. Originally uploaded to: Painted pottery pot with dragon and phoenix relief, as well as taotie designs for the lug handles. Western Han Dynasty, B.C.
Painted pottery pot with raised reliefs of dragons and phoenixes, Western Han Dynasty 202 BC – 9 AD

10. Cocoon-shaped vessel, China, Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE), earthenware with polychrome, Honolulu Museum of Art
Cocoon-shaped vessel, China, Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE), earthenware with polychrome

11. Garlic Head Vase Western Han 2nd C BCE Earthenware with red pigments
MIA
Garlic Head Vase Western Han 2nd C BCE
Garlic Head Vase Western Han 2nd C BCE
Earthenware with red pigments
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x cm) (estimated)

12. Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)
Ewer
Tang dynasty (618–907)
Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze
H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)
MET
Ewer
Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)
Date: late 7th century
Culture: China
Medium: Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze
Dimensions: H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)

13. Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)
Covered Jar
Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)
Date: ca. late 7th–first half of the 8th century
Culture: China
Medium: Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze
Dimensions: H cm (9 3/4 in.)
MET
Covered Jar
Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)
Date: ca. late 7th–first half of the 8th century
Culture: China
Medium: Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze
Dimensions: H cm (9 3/4 in.)
Classification: Ceramics

14. Jar with Two Handles in the Shape of Dragons
Period: Sui (581–618) or Tang (618–907) dynasty
Date: 7th century
Culture: China
Medium: Porcelain with white glaze
MET
Jar with Two Handles in the Shape of Dragons
Period: Sui (581–618) or Tang (618–907) dynasty
Date: 7th century
Culture: China
Medium: Porcelain with white glaze
Dimensions: H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm); Diam. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)

15. Tomb figure of a court lady 8th century A.D.
Overall: 46 x 13.9 x 11.4 cm (18 1/8 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Earthenware with brown slip
Tomb figure of a court lady
8th century A.D.
DIMENSIONS
Overall: 46 x 13.9 x 11.4 cm (18 1/8 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Earthenware with brown slip

16. Vase
11th century
30.8cm (12 1/8 in.) Diameter of foot: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.) Other (diameter of mouth): 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Stoneware, Cizhou ware, carved slip decoration in black on white ground
MFA
Vase
11th century
DIMENSIONS
30.8cm (12 1/8 in.) Diameter of foot: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.) Other (diameter of mouth): 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2001.1
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Stoneware, Cizhou ware, carved slip decoration in black on white ground

17. Japanese

18. Small figurine, Final Jomon period (ca. 1000–300 B. C
Small figurine, Final Jomon period (ca. 1000–300 B.C.) Japan Earthenware; H. 2 1/2 in. (5.7 cm) solid
Bust of a female figurine
Final Jomon period (ca. 1000–300 B.C.) Japan, Earthenware, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) hollow
Dogu, Middle Jomon Period, 3000 – 2000 BC 27 cm h., solid