National Treasure – Human-Faced Fish Decoration Pottery Bowl (Neolithic-Yangshao)
A life cut short, a wish that lasted forever.
Tag: Pottery
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 – 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 – 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”
Tomb Raider – Tomb of Li Jingxun 李静训墓
Her brief life was spent at the intersection of the Dugu, Yuwen, Yang, and Li clans—the four families that effectively steered the course of Chinese history toward the Tang dynasty (618-907).
National Treasure – White-glazed Double-bellied Vase with Double Dragon-shaped Handles (Sui Dynasty)
When Zhang Qian discovered the land route to the Western regions, little did he realise the impact on Chinese civilisation in terms of East-West interactions.
National Treasure- Celadon Glazed Porcelain Zun With Design Of A Monster (Western Jin)
It looks like a child’s Play-doh creation, but it has been guarding its master’s tomb for the past 1300 years
National Treasure – Pottery Basin With Painted Coiled Dragon Pattern (Neolithic)
“Waiter, there’s a snake in my soup!”