Saturday, December 4, 2010

Neolithic Period

Basin (pen), ca. 3200–2700 B.C.
Gansu Province, China





Ritual object (bi), ca. 2700–2500 B.C.
Jiangsu or Zhejiang Province, China






Jar, ca. 2300–2050 B.C.
Gansu or Qinghai Province, China 






Painted pottery urn (gang), ca. 3500-3000 B.C.
Yancun, Linru, Henan Province





Stem Cup, ca. 2500-2000 B.C.
Asia, China





Jade Coiled Dragon, ca. 4700-2920 B.C.
From Tomb 4 (Mound 1, Locality 1) at Niuheliang, Jianping, Liaoning Province





Cong (Jade Tube), ca. 3200-2000 B.C.
Central China





Jade Animal, ca. 3000 B.C.
China





Axe, ca. 3000-2000 B.C.
Northwest China





Jade Face, ca. 2000. B.C.
China