Chinaware - Gallery - Early Wares

Early Wares

• Water jar from the Neolithic period, Yangshao culture (ca. 5000 - 3000 BC)

• Painted jar of the Majiayao culture, Late Neolithic period (3300 - 2200 BC)

• Painted pot with frog motifs, Majiayao culture (2200 - 2000 BC)

• Painted pot of Majiayao culture (2200 - 2000 BC)

• Black pottery goblet of the Late Neolithic period from the Longshan culture, dated (ca. 2500 - 2000 BC)

• Large grey mug, Henan Longshan culture, Late Neolithic period (ca. 2500 - 2000 BC)

• White pottery pitcher from the Shandong Longshan culture, 2500–2000 BC

• White pottery pot with geometric design, Shang dynasty (1600-1100 BC)

• Earthenware vase, Eastern Zhou, 4th-3rd century BC, British Museum

• A pottery bell from the Warring States Period (403–221 BC)

• A painted pottery dou vessel with a dragon design from the Warring States Period (403-221 BC)

• Soldiers from the Terracotta Army, interred by 210 BC, Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC)