Works of Art

Painted pottery jar - Neolithic period (c. 5000 - 2000 BC) - Majiayao Culture - Pan- Shan type - Ht 32 cm (12 1/2 in.) - Wd 28 cm (11 in.)

Pair of food vessels, fang ding - Early Western Zhou dynasty (1046-771 BC) - 1. Ht 25 cm - Lg 18,8 cm - 2. Ht 25 cm - Lg 18 cm

Set of bronze vessels zun and chengpan - Western Han dynasty ( 206 BC-AD 25) - Zun : Ht 33,5 cm - Diam 23,5 cm - Wd 26,5 cm - Chengpan: Ht 8 cm - Diam 38,8 cm

Bronze halberd, ge - Spring and Autumn period (c. 770 - 475 BC) - Shanxi province, Houma foundry - Ht 6,5 cm - Lg 13,8 cm

Bronze, gold, silver and turquoise belt hook, daigou - Warring States period (c. 475 - 221 BC) - Lg 11 cm (4 3/8 in.)

Gold bird-shaped hairpin - Liao dynasty (916 - 1125) - Ht 4 cm Lg 11 cm

Large earthenware court lady - Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) - Ht 79 cm (31 1/8 in.)

Large horizontal scholar's rock - Late Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912) - Micritic dark limestone. Wood stand - Rock : Ht. 66 cm Lg. 127 cm;Stand : Ht. 77 cm Lg. 118 cm