Squared disc (cong), Neolithic period (ca. 8000–2000 BC), Liangzhu Culture, ca. 3000–2500 B.C.

Jar, Tang dynasty (618–906), first half of 8th century

Landscape after Huang Gongwang, Qing Dynasty (1644–1911); dated 1701

Wang Yuanqi

Panel (Dress Fabric), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1875/1900

Han-Chinese

Female Attendant (Tomb Figurine), Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), c. 2nd century B.C.

Arc-shaped pendant (huang), Western Zhou period, c. 10th century B.C.

Axe, Neolithic period, probably Dawenkou culture, first half of 3rd millennium B.C.

Amphora-Shaped Vase (Liuyeping), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi reign mark and period (1662–1722)

Plum Blossoms, Crane, and Spring, Qing dynasty ( 1644–1912); 1824–1896; c.1892

Xugu

Pendant with Monster Mask, Shang period, 13th–11th century B.C.

Bowl with Dragons Chasing Flaming Pearls amid Clouds, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century

Bowl with Mandarin Ducks in a Lotus Pond, Northern Song dynasty, (960–1127), 11th century

Double-Handled Cup with Handles in the Form of Chi (Hornless) Dragons, Southern Song (1127–1279) or Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), 13th century

Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) Standing before Flaming Aureole and Holding a Water Bottle, Eastern or Western Wei dynasty, c. mid–5th century (rededicated 594)

Rectangular Pillow with Mandarin Ducks in a Lily Pond, Jin dynasty, (1115–1234), late 12th/13th century

Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 B.C.)

Bowl with Blossoming Vines and the Eight Buddhist Symbols, Qing dtnasty (1368–1911), Yongzheng period (1723–1735)

Funerary Urn (Hunping), Western Jin dynasty (A.D. 265–316), late 3rd century

Ovoid Jar, Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th/9th century

Portrait of Tao Yuanming, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), early 19th century

Yu Zhiding