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Jade burial suit sewn with gold wire |
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Length: 180cm, Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-25 A.D.)
Excavated from a tomb in Shiyuan, Mangdangshan Town, Yongcheng County, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Painted pottery Ding |
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Height: 16cm, diameter of the body: 18.4cm
Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-25A.D.)
Excavated from a Han Dynasty tomb of Jiyuan City, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Painted pottery kettle |
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Height: 49.4cm, diameter of the bottom: 19.2cm
Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-25A.D.)
Excavated in Jiyuan City, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Provincial Institute of
Cultural Relics and Archaeology |
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Painted pottery Yan |
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(Yan is a kind of ancient cooking vessel)
Height: 22.6cm, diameter of the body: 18cm
Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-25A.D.)
Excavated in Jiyuan City, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Provincial Institute of
Cultural Relics and Archaeology |
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Painted pottery kitchen stove |
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Length: 36.3cm, width: 22cm, height: 27cm
Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-25A.D.)
Excavated in Jiyuan City, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology |
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Painted pottery tree-shaped lamp decorated with mythical beasts |
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Height: 110cm
diameter of the bottom: 39cm
Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220A.D.)
Excavated from a Han Dynasty tomb in Jiyuan City,
Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology |
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Painted breast-feeding mother figurine |
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Height: 13cm, Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220A.D.)
Excavated in Jiyuan City,
Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology |
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Painted mother with her baby figurine |
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Height: 23.3cm, Eastern Han Dynasty (.25-220A.D)Excavated in Jiyuan City, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology |
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Painted pottery figurine |
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Height: 19.5cm
Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220A.D.)
Excavated in Jiyuan City, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Provincial Institute of
Cultural Relics and Archaeology |
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Painted pottery dancing figurine |
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Height: 17cm
Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220A.D.)
Excavated in Jiyuan City, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology |
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Ceramic female pig |
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Length: 12cm, Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220A.D.)
Excavated in Jiyuan City, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology |
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Ceramic pottery dog |
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Height: 16.8cm, Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220A.D.), Excavated in Jiyuan City, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology |
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Green glazed pottery chess-playing figurines |
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Height: 24.2cm, length: 28cm, width: 19.2cm
Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D.25-220)
Excavated from Zhangwan Village, Lingbao County,
Henan Province, 1972,
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Twisted blank glass bottle |
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Height: 13.6cm, diameter of the body: 7.2cm
Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 A.D.)
Excavated from the Luoyang No. 2 Locomotive Factory, Luoyang City, Henan Province, 1987
Collection of the Luoyang Museum |
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Stone coin mold |
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Han Dynasty (220 B.C.-A.D.220)
Collection of the Sanmenxia City Museum |
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Gilt bronze elephant |
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length: 4.2cm, width: 3cm, height: 3.5cm
Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220A.D.)
Collection from the Koudian Town, Yanshi, Luoyang City,
Henan Province, 1974 |
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Sculpture of Yongning Temple |
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Height: 25cm, Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534A.D.)
Excavated from the site of Yongning Temple, Luoyang City, Henan Province, 1987
Collection of the Luoyang Museum |
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Fragment of Sculpture |
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Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534A.D.)
Excavated from the site of Yongning Temple, Luoyang City, Province
Collection of the Luoyang Museum |
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Agate bi |
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Western Jin Dynasty (215-316 A.D. ), Diameter: 10 cm
Excavated in Yanshi County, Henan Province, 1978
Collection of the Shang Dynasty Ruins Museum of Yanshi |
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Yellow glazed flask |
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Height: 20cm, width: 16.5cm, Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577A.D.)
Excavated from the Tomb of Fan Cui, Anyang City, Henan Province, 1971, Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Painted pottery musicians group |
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Height: 17-19cm, Sui Dynasty (581-618 A.D. )
Excavated from the Tomb of Zhang Sheng, Anyang City, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Painted horse tamer figurine |
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Height of the figurine: 35cm, height of the horse: 40cm
Sui Dynasty (581-618 A.D. )
Excavated from an ancient tomb at the site of a school, Luoyang City, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Gilt bronze horse |
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Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D. )
Excavated from a tomb of the Tang Dynasty at Dongming Residence, Luolong District, Luoyang City, Henan Province, 2003
Collection of the Luoyang Museum |
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White glazed porcelain Zun |
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(a kind of wine vessel used in ancient times)
with double dragon-shaped handles
Height: 42.5cm, Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D. )
From a private collection,
and now in the collection of the Henan Museum |
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Tri-color ( sancai) glazed horse and rider male figurine |
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(this man obviously comes from either one of the ethnic minorities areas of north-western part of China or a foreign country)
Height: 42 cm,
ength: 38cm,
Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D. )
Excavated from the tomb of Anpu and his wife, Longmen, Luoyang City, Henan Province,1981
Collection of the Luoyang Museum |
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Tri-color ( sancai) glazed camel |
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Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D. )
Excavated from the tomb of Anpu and his wife, Longmen, Luoyang City, Henan Province, 1981
Collection of the Luoyang Museum |
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Bronze mirror with Mandarin
duck crouching on the lotus |
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Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D. )
Excavated in Guangshan County, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Tri-color ( sancai) glazed pottery Lokapola |
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Tang Dynasty (618－907 A.D. )
Excavated from the tomb of Anpu and his wife, Longmen, Luoyang City, Henan Province
Collection of the Luoyang Museum |
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Black glazed porcelain bowl with veiled decorations |
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Height: 5.8 cm, diameter of the mouth: 16.8cm, diameter of the bottom: 3.2cm
Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D. )
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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Sky-blue glazed Jun porcelain plate with colored spots |
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(Jun is the name of one of the most famous royal porcelain kilns in the Song Dynasty)
Song Dynasty (960-1279 A.D. )
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Decorative vessel with flower design
made at Ru kilns |
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(Ru is the name of one of the most famous royal porcelain kilns in the Song Dynasty)
Height: 13.6cm, diameter of the bottom: 16cm
Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D. )
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Sky-blue glazed narrow neck-shaped vase with engraved design
made at the Ru kilns |
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(Ru is the name of one of the most famous royal porcelain kilns in the Song Dynasty) Height: 19.7cm
Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D. )
Excavated from the Qingliang Temple, Baofeng County, Henan Province. Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Tri-colored Buddhist pagoda |
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(for worshiping sarira, remains from the cremation of Buddha’s or a saintly monk’s body, often in the shape of beads, regarded as one of the most treasured Buddhist relics)
Height: 98.5cm
Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D. )
Excavated from the Fahai Temple, Mi County, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Tri-color glazed Buddhist Sarira casket |
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(for keeping sarira, remains from cremation of Buddha’s or a saintly monk’s body, often in the shape of beads, regarded as one of the most treasured Buddhist relics)
Height: 46.5cm, length of hemline: 28.5cm
Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D. )
Excavated from the Fahai Temple, Mi County, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Red glazed porcelain bowl with white bamboo patterns and Xuantong mark |
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(made in Xuantong Reign, Qing Dynasty, 1909 - 1911)
Transferred from the Palace Museum, Beijing on 23rd July, 1984
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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Tri-color glazed pillow with poem inscript_ion |
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Song Dynasty (960-1279 A.D. )
Excavated from Xusheng Village, eastern outskirt of Luoyang City, Henan Province, 1969
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Stone guardian statue A |
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Total height: 76cm, width: 44cm
Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D. )
Excavated from the ruins of the Kaiyuan Temple, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, April 1977
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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Stone guardian statue B |
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Total height: 80cm, width: 46.5cm
Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D. )
Excavated from the ruins of the Kaiyuan Temple, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, April 1977
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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Stone guardian statue A |
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Total height: 75cm
width: 44cm
Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D. )
Excavated from the ruins of the Kaiyuan Temple, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, April 1977
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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Stone guardian statue B |
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Total height: 84cm
width: 64cm
Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D. )
Excavated from the ruins of the Kaiyuan Temple, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, April 1977
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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Color glazed pillow with a child and lotus leaf design |
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Jin dynasty (1115-1234) Excavated in Shangcai County, Henan Province, Collection of the Henan Museum |
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White glazed porcelain vase with black design |
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Height: 33cm, diameter of the body: 15cm, diameter of the mouth: 7.5cm, Yuan dynasty (1271－1368), Excavated in Luoyang City, Henan Province, Collection of the Luoyang Museum |
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Gold bottle |
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Ming dynasty (1368－1644)
Excavated in Xincai County, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Gold cup with flower-and-plant design |
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Height: 3cm, diameter of the mouth: 6.7cm
Ming dynasty (1368－1644)
Excavated in Xincai County, Henan Province
Collection of the Henan Museum |
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Blue-and-white porcelain plate with lotus flower design |
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(the bottom bears the mark of Xuande, a reign of the Ming dynasty)
Ming dynasty (1368－1644)
Height: 6.5cm, diameter of the mouth: 38.2cm, diameter of the bottom: 28cm
Xuande Regime, Ming dynasty, (AD 1426-1436)
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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Porcelain Bottle of Tranquility |
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(a kind of Buddhist ritual vessel)
Tang Dynasty（618-907 A.D. ）
Height: 20.7cm, diameter of the bottom: 6cm
Excavated in a tomb of Tang Dynasty at the Fragrant Hill Temple, Longmen, Luoyang City, Henan Province
Collection of the Luoyang Museum |
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Bronze kylin |
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( kylin is a kind of legendary animal in China and people regard it as the symbol of good luck and being auspicious, commonly known as Chinese unicorn in the West)
Height: 31cm, width: 15cm
Ming dynasty (1368－1644)
Collected by the Henan Provincial Archeological Team in 1963
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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Xuande |
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style bronze incense burner with dragon-shaped handles and lion-shaped cover
Height: 41.7cm, diameter of the mouth: 31.8cm
Ming dynasty (1368－1644)
Collected from Zhoucun village, Hedong, Weishi County, Henan Province
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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Bronze candlestick with tortoise and crane design |
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Height: 26.7cm, width of tortoise foot: 7.3cm
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Collected by the Henan Provincial Archeological Team
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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Guilt bronze Buddha (A set of 9 pieces) |
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Height of wooden shrine: 90cm
width: 43cm
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
It is used to be in the collection of the Palace of Benevolence and Tranquility (the Residence of Emperor Kangxi’s mother), the Palace Museum, Beijing
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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Guilt bronze Buddha A |
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Height: 39.7cm
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
It is used to be in the collection of the Palace of Benevolence and Tranquility (the Residence of Emperor Kangxi’s mother), the Palace Museum, Beijing
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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Guilt bronze Buddha B |
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Height:
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
It is used to be in the collection of the Palace of Benevolence and Tranquility (the Residence of Emperor Kangxi’s mother), the Palace Museum, Beijing
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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A pair of gold-plated bronze Amitayus Buddha with kasaya |
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(kasaya is a patchwork outer vestment worn by Buddhist monks)
Height: 59.2 cm
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
It is used to be in the collection of the Palace of Benevolence and Tranquility (the Residence of Emperor Kangxi’s mother), the Palace Museum, Beijing
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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B pair of gold-plated bronze Amitayus Buddha with kasaya |
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(kasaya is a patchwork outer vestment worn by Buddhist monks)
Height: 59.2 cm
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
It is used to be in the collection of the Palace of Benevolence and Tranquility (the Residence of Emperor Kangxi’s mother), the Palace Museum, Beijing
Collection of the Zhengzhou Museum |
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