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A burial vessel in the form of a flower, Sancal ware, mid-8th century CE, T'ang Dynasty. (Museum of Asian Art, Corfu)

Bronze arrowheads from Shang dynasty China. 1200-1050 BCE. (British Museum, London)

A glazed stone tray, 12th century CE, Jin Dynasty. (Museum of Asian Art, Corfu)

This a picture of the head of a statue of a bodhisattva, which was made in Henan Province of sandstone and gilt during the Sui Dynasty (581-618 CE). (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto)

A bronze coin of the Korean Goryeo Dynasty. The legend reads: Tongguk tongbo, meaning 'Coin of the Eastern Kingdom' (Korea). 1097-1105 CE. (British Musem, London)

Stoneware double-fish flask with brown glaze. 25 cm (height). Tang Dynasty, 600s-700s CE. Xi'an Museum. (Photo taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Australia)

Marble standing Buddha with pigments. 70 cm (height). Tang Dynasty, 600s-700s CE. Excavated from Liquan Monestery at Liquan County, Xianyang, 1987 CE. From the Xi'an Museum. (Photo taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Australia)

A green glazed vase with floral design, Jurchen Jin dynasty, 1115-1234 CE. (British Museum, London)

Bodhisattvas are enlighted beings who have chosen to stay in the world to help others achieve Buddhahood. Avalokitesvara is the Bodhisattva of Compassion, known in Chinese as Guanyin. Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, "he who listens to the...

These are part of a set of nine agate belt plaques with decoration of musicians. From modern-day China, Tang Dynasty, 618-906 CE. (The British Museum, London).