National Treasure – Human-Faced Fish Decoration Pottery Bowl (Neolithic-Yangshao)
A life cut short, a wish that lasted forever.
Category: Chinese Treasures
Artefacts and monuments related to Chinese civilisation
National Treasure – Lotus-Crane Square Hu (Spring-Autumn Period)
Pair of square bronze jars from the tomb of the Duke of Zheng were separated, one in Henan, and another in the Palace Museum.
National Treasure – Opalescent-Blue Glazed Zun, Jun Ware (Northern Song)
Jun ware became widely imitated in China and Japan, with over 100 sites having produced Jun.
National Treasure – Celadon Vase with Bowstrings, Guan Ware (Southern Song)
The kiln site of the Southern Song Dynasty official kiln is located in Hangzhou. Archaeologists have conducted multiple excavations there, obtaining a considerable amount of material evidence.
National Treasure – Celadon Granary Jar with Architecture, Figurines and Animals (Three Kingdoms – Wu)
The purpose of a hunping is somewhat enigmatic, but archaeologists suggest that they may have been used as containers for fruit accompanying the deceased into the afterlife.
National Treasure – Yangshao Boat-shaped Painted Pottery Jar (Neolithic)
Egyptian painted boats on pottery jar during Predynastic period (~3500BC), the Chinese made boat-shaped pottery jar.
National Treasure – Bronze Divine Tree (Shang Dynasty)
At 3.96 metres in height, it’s the largest single bronze artefact ever discovered in China.
National Treasure – Grand Statue of Human Figure (Shang Dynasty)
One of the biggest questions that still confounds Sanxingdui experts is: What did the bronze standing man once hold in his hands?
National Treasure – Jade Zhang (Ritual Object) with The-Worship-of-Mountain Patterns (Shang Dynasty)
Interpretation is subjective. It was thought to be a token of the military but then it was for mountain worship.
National Treasure -Jade Yue (Battle-Axe) (Neolithic – Liangzhu)
Found in elite tombs, often placed in the deceased’s hand, indicating its importance as an attribute of power.