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Detail of the feiyi spirit banner. China, Han dynasty (Western Han period), ca 170 B.C. From the tomb of the Countess Dai, Mawangdui, Hunan Province.
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Boshanlu hill censer. Bronze with gold inlay. China, Han dynasty, ca 125 B.C. From the tomb of Liu Sheng, Mancheng, Hebei Province.
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Watchtower with archers. Earthenware tomb figure with green glaze. China, Han dynasty (Eastern Han period), ca. 100-200 A.D.
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Hu with Wolf of Heaven and Archer. Grey earthenware with painted decoration. China, Han Dynasty (Western Han Period), probably from area near Luoyang, Henan Province, ca. 100 B.C.
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Gu Kaizhi (ca 344-406), "Admonitions of the Instructress of the Court" B) "The Rejection" ("No one can endlessly please; affection cannot be for one alone"). Ink and colors on silk. China, Six Dynasties Period, ca. A.D. 400.
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"Men Conversing" Painted tomb tiles, probably from North China. China, Eastern Han period, ca. A.D. 50-100.
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Great seal script from a Zhou ritual bronze. China, Western Zhou Period, 11th Century BCE.
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Rubbing of the Stone Drums. Transition from Greater seal script to Lesser seal script writing. From Fengxiang, Shaanxi Province. China, Eastern Zhou Period. Date is contested; 6-7th century BCE.
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The Li Qi stele. Example of clerical style calligraphy. Rubbing from a stone engraving. China, Eastern Han Period, A.D. 156
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Wang Xizhi Good Harvest. Example of semi-cursive script calligraphy. Ink on paper. Ca 350, Jin dynasty.
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Ouyang Xun, The Sweet Spring at the Jiucheng Palace. Example standard script calligraphy. Rubbing from a stone stele. 632 A.D. Tang Dynasty
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Ancient Sovereigns, Scenes from History, And the Queen Mother of the West. West Wall. Chamber #3, The Wu Liang Shrine. Shandong Province. 147 AD, Eastern Han Period
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Flying Horse of the North. North quadrant of tomb ceiling. Tomb at Jiuquan, Gansu Province. 4th Century, Six Dynasties Period.
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Flying Horse of The North detail
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Gu Kaizhi "Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court." A) "Lady Ban's Refusal to Ride in the Imperial Palanquin." Ink and colors on silk. China, Six Dynasties period, ca. A.D. 400.
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