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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.
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.
Egyptian painted boats on pottery jar during Predynastic period (~3500BC), the Chinese made boat-shaped pottery jar.
At 3.96 metres in height, it’s the largest single bronze artefact ever discovered in China.
One of the biggest questions that still confounds Sanxingdui experts is: What did the bronze standing man once hold in his hands?
Interpretation is subjective. It was thought to be a token of the military but then it was for mountain worship.
Found in elite tombs, often placed in the deceased’s hand, indicating its importance as an attribute of power.
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.
One of the earliest storytelling depicted on a pottery jar from 5000 years ago.
This was a copy of a Ming dynasty version found in the palace when the Qing rulers took over. But instead of making a replica, the artisans created a masterpiece that would not be surpassed.