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?
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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.
National Treasure – Goddess Head (Neolithic – Hongshan)
This mask hails from a 5,000-year-old painted clay goddess that was found in the 1983 at the apex of the important Chinese archaeological site known as Niuheliang.
National Treasure – Painted Pottery Jar with Stork, Fish and Stone Axe (Neolithic-Yangshao)
One of the earliest storytelling depicted on a pottery jar from 5000 years ago.
National Treasure – Pottery Stove with Pottery Cauldron (Neolithic – Hemudu)
The museum says it’s for baking clay like a low temperature kiln, but it looks more like a cooking stove.
National Treasure – Jade Dragon (Neolithic – Hongshan)
This is the famous C-shaped jade dragon, a significant artefact from the Neolithic Hongshan culture.
National Treasure – Painted Pottery Basin with Dancing Figures (Neolithic)
I like to shake a leg /
I like to nod my head /
I like to make a snow angel while lying in my bed /
– Jason Mraz, “I feel like dancing”
National Treasure – Seal of Dian King (Western Han)
It was the fashion to bury the seal with the dead, and due to this custom that since the Han dynasty thousands of Han seals have been unearthed.
National Treasures – Two Glass Vessels of Li Jingxun (Sui Dynasty)
The owner was a pearl on the palms of her distinguished parents, and when her life was cut short, she was buried with funerary goods of a Princess.