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Early Chinese and Japanese Art

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Slide #		Early Chinese Art
China 1		Yangshao Culture vases, from Gansu Province, China, mid third millennium BCE. Earthenware.
China 2		Spouted ritual wine vessel (Guang), Shang dynasty, early Anyang period (ca. 1300–ca. 1050 B.C.), 13th century B.C. possibly Anyang, Henan province, China. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
China 3		Bi (disk), from Jincun(?), China, Eastern Zhou dynasty, fourth to third century BCE. Nephrite, 6 1/2” in diameter. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City.
China 4		Army of the First Emperor of Qin in pits next to his burial mound, Lintong, China, Qin dynasty, ca. 210 BCE. Painted terracotta, average figure 5’ 10 7/8” high.
China 5		Painted banner, from the tomb of the wife of the Marquis of Dai,  Han Dynasty, c. 160 BCE, colors on silk, height: 6’ 8 1/2”Historical Museum, Beijing
China 6		Model of a house, Han dynasty, first century CE. Painted earthenware, 4’ 4” high. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City.
China 7		GU KAIZHI, Lady Feng and the Bear, detail of Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies, Period of Disunity, late fourth century. Handscroll, ink and colors on silk, 9 3/4” X 11’ 4 1/2”. British Museum, London.
China 8		Shakyamuni Buddha, Zhao Dynasty, From period of Six Dynasties, 338. Gilded bronze, 1’ 3 1/2” high. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco (Avery Brundage Collection).
China 8		Vairocana Buddha, disciples, and bodhisattvas, Longmen Caves, Luoyang, China, Tang dynasty, completed 675. Buddha, approx. 44’ high.
China 9		Shakyamuni and Prabhutaratna, Northern Wei dynasty, 518. Gilded bronze, 10 1/4” high. Musée Guimet, Paris.
China 10		Paradise of Amitabha, Cave 172, Dunhuang, China, Tang dynasty, mid eighth century. Wall painting, approx. 10’ high.
China 11		Palace ladies, detail of a wall painting in the tomb of Princess Yongtai, Qianxian, China, Tang dynasty, 706. Approx. 5’ 10” X 6’ 6”.
China 12		Night-Shining White, Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th century Attributed to Han Gan (Chinese, active 742–756). Handscroll; ink on paper; 12 1/8 x 13 3/8 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
China 17		Great Wild Goose Pagoda at Ci'en Temple, Xi'an, Shanxi, first erected 645 CE, rebuilt mid-8th century CE.
China 18		Foguang Si Pagoda, Yingxian, China, Liao Dynasty, 1056.
China 19		Plan and cross-section of Foguang Si Pagoda, Yingxian, China, Liao Dynasty, 1056. (after L. Liu)
China 20		FAN KUAN, Travelers among Mountains and Streams, Northern Song period, early eleventh century. Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk, 6’ 7 1/4” X 3’ 4 1/4”. National Palace Museum, Taibei.
China 20		Attributed to HUIZONG, Auspicious Cranes, section of a handscroll, Northern Song period, 1112. Ink and colors on silk, 1’ 8 1/8” X 4’ 6 3/8”. Liaoning Provincial Museum, Shenyang.
China 21		Meiping vase, from Xiuwi, China, Northern Song period, twelfth century. Stoneware, Cizhou type, with sgraffito decoration, 1’ 7 1/2” high. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco (Avery Brundage Collection).
China 20		Xu Daoning. Detail of Fishing in a Mountain Stream. Northern Song Dynasty. Mid 11th century. Hanscroll, ink on silk. 10” x 6’ 10”. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
China 21		MA YUAN, On a Mountain Path in Spring, Southern Song period, early thirteenth century. Album leaf, ink and colors on silk, 10 3/4” X 17”. National Palace Museum, Taibei.
China 22		LIANG KAI, Sixth Chan Patriarch Chopping Bamboo, Southern Song period, early thirteenth century. Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 2’ 5 1/4” high. Tokyo National Museum.
		Early Japanese Art
Japan 1		Vessel, from Miyanomae, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, Middle Jomon period, 2500–1500 BCE. Earthenware, 1’ 11 2/3 “ x 1’ 1 1/4”. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo.
Japan 2		Dotaku (bell) with incised figural motifs, from Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, Late Yayoi period, 100–300. Bronze, 1’ 4 7/8” high. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo.
Japan 3		Tomb of Emperor Nintoku. Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, Kofun period, Late fourth to early fifth century.
Japan 4		Haniwa (cylindrical) warrior figure, from Gunma Prefecture, Japan, late Kofun period, fifth to mid-sixth century. Low-fired clay, 4’ 1 1/4” high. Aikawa Archaeological Museum, Aikawa.
Japan 5		Inner shrine, Ise, 1st century CE, rebuilt 1993
Japan 6		Horyuji kondo (Golden Hall), Nara, Japan, Early Nara (Hakuho) period, ca. 680.
Japan 7		TORI BUSSHI, Shaka triad, Horyuji kondo, Nara, Japan, Asuka period, 623. Bronze, 5’ 9 1/2” high
Japan 8		Hungry Tigress Jataka, panel of the Tamamushi Shrine, Horyu-ji. Lacquer on wood, 7th century CE, Asuka Period.
Japan 9		Phoenix Hall, Byodoin, Uji, Japan, Heian period, 1053.
Japan 10		Scene from Minori chapter, Tale of Genji, late Heian period, first half of twelfth century. Handscroll, ink and color on paper, 8 5/8” high. Goto Art Museum, Tokyo.
Japan 11		Kuya Preaching. Kamakura period. Before 1207. Painted wood. Height 46 1/2”. Rokuhara Mitsu-Ji, Kyoto.
Japan 12		Detail of The Burning of the Sanjo Palace, Kamakura period, thirteenth century. Handscroll, ink and colors on paper, 1’ 4 1/4” high; complete scroll, 22’ 10” long. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Fenollosa-Weld Collection).