Times & Places

Six Dynasties (220-589 CE)

In Focus

Sigmar Polke's Clouds

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Large Round Plate with Gold Border and Blue Background

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Porcelain Chinese Couple

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Mortuary vase

Times & Places

Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

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Marriage bowl

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Conical bowl

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Rectangular box

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Bowl with Dragon Design

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Tomb plaque marker on a tortoise base

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Short coat: dragons and auspicious symbols

Cultures & Traditions

Mingqi

Cultures & Traditions

Buddhism in China

Times & Places

Shang (c. 1600 BCE - c. 1050 BCE)

Materials & Techniques

Sancai

Cultures & Traditions

Confucianism

Times & Places

Zhou dynasty (c. 1050 BCE-256 BCE)

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Amphora with dragon handles

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Bowl

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Vase

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Bowl with Dragon Design

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Vase with Handle in Relief

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Jar

Materials & Techniques

Ceramic Art of China

Times & Places

Neolithic China (c. 5000 B.C.E - c.1600 B.C.E.)

Times & Places

Song dynasty (960-1279)

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Vase

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Small Porcelain Pot with Decoration of Flowers and Fruit with lid and platter

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Large Plate Decorated with Landscape and Coat of Arms

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Vase with cover

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Footed chest

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Funerary urn with cover

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Funerary urn with cover

Cultures & Traditions

Taoism

Materials & Techniques

Chinese Porcelain

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Storage jar with geometric and anthropomorphic designs

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Figure of a Chimera (mythical beast)

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Jar

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Flask