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”
Tag: TOTD
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.
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.
Treasures – Male Cosmetic in Bronze Jars (Spring Autumn – Qin)
The Metropolitan Man, as we are led to believe, found in a Spring-Autumn tomb in Shaanxi.
National Treasure – Bronze “Tai Bao” Ding (Western Zhou)
With its elegant long legs, here comes the “supermodel” of ancient bronze ding.
Treasures – Epitaph and Tomb Cover of Luo Wanshun (Tang Dynasty)
Accidental discovery uncovered the calligraphic work of one of the most important calligrapher of Chinese art history.
National Treasure – Duck-Shaped Glass Water Dropper (Northern Yan)
Its use was not known, but it is the testimony of an ancient trade route called the Silk Road.
Treasures – Han Xiu Tomb Murals (Tang Dynasty)
A landscape mural found in the tomb was proved as the earliest one of Tang Dynasty.
National Treasure – Picture of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (Southern Dynasties)
They were spiritual symbols of the mandarins, taking a laissez-faire approach to life, the Hippies of the 3rd century China.