The Advent of Chinese Civilization
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Painted Pottery Jar with a Handle, Gansu or Qinghai province, China, Majiayao culture, ca. 2600-2300 BC (Gift of Dr. Yokogawa Tamisuke)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 4
May 18, 2021 (Tue) - November 14, 2021 (Sun)This gallery focuses on pottery and jade objects from about 3000 BC to AD 200. The items on display present the beauty that ancient Chinese people pursued in the form and color of pottery, as well as the characteristic luster of jade.
| Designation | Name | Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance |
Period | Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number |
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| Highlight | Painted Pottery Jar with a Handle | Gansu or Qinghai province, China | Majiayao culture, ca. 2,600-2,300 BC | Gift of Dr. Yokogawa Tamisuke, TJ-659 | |||
| Highlight | Roof Tile with an Animal Mask ("Taotie") | China | Warring States period (the state of Yan), 5th–4th century BC | TJ-5788 | |||
| Oracle Bones | Excavated at Yinxu, Anyang, Henan province, China | Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC | TJ-4666-43 | ||||
| Highlight | Stone Spearhead | Excavated at Nanshanli, Lushunkou, Dalian city, Liaoning province, China | Neolithic period-Bronze Age, 2nd millennium BC | Gift of Ms. Sone Toshiko, TJ-5624 | |||
| Highlight | Jade Axe | China | Neolithic period, 3rd millennium BC | TJ-2419 | |||
| Highlight | Carved Monster | Reportedly found at Yinxu, Anyang, Henan Province, China | Shang dynasty, 13th–11th century BC | TJ-4825 |