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This is a single-loop-handled pot from the Gansu Province of China; it dates back to the Majiayao Period, circa 3400 to 2000 BCE. Cyrus Tang Hall of China exhibit in the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

This jar comes from China and dates from the Sui dynasty (581-618 CE). It is made of stoneware with green glaze. (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, California)

This pillar support comes from the Buddhist caves at Xiangtangshan, Hebei Province, China and is shaped like a kneeling demon. It is made of limestone and dates from the era of the Northern Qi Dynasty...

742 CE. Earthenware with pigment. Excavated from Crown Prince Li Xian's tomb at Pucheng County, 2000. Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology. (Photo taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Australia)

The Supreme August Jade Emperor is the supreme deity of Chinese tradition and is otherwise known as Yuhuang Shangdi (Yu-huang Shang-ti), Yudi (Yu Ti) or Mr. Heaven (Lao-t'ien ye). He governs the cosmos and resides in a magnificent...

The Sui Dynasty (581-618 CE) was a brief one with only two reigning emperors but it managed to unify China following the split of the Northern and Southern Dynasties period. As had happened previously in Chinese history, a short-lived...

This is an ancient Chinese brick from a tomb doorway, which was created during the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) and made from clay. This brick depicts dueling boars and tigers. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

At roughly 22 cm (9 in) in length and containing 22 Chinese characters, this tiger bone was made in the third year of Emperor Dixin (fl. c. 1152 BCE) of the Shang Dynasty (c.1600-1046 BCE). (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto...

This is an ancient Chinese brick from a tomb doorway, which was created during the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) and made from clay. This brick shows trees, tomb doorways, and tethered horses. (Victoria & Albert...

The rulers of China's Ming dynasty (1368-1644) acquired an insatiable desire for silver in the 16th century, largely to pay for huge prestige projects like building the Forbidden City in Beijing and repairing the...