China - Art and Literature

Images of a painted pottery bowl that may be 10,000 years old, a gilt bronze lamp, a vessel from the Shang dynasty and links to other art sites of China.

Asian Arts - Treasures of the Chinese Scholar
University of Pennsylvania exhibit of "scholar" art -- calligraphy, painting, and works in wood, lacquer, ivory, stone, horn, and metal -- from the Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BC) through the Qing (1644-1911).

Chinese Culture - Texts
Links to online Chinese texts in the following areas: Confucian and Legalist, Daoist, and other original Chinese texts in translation.

Chinese Culture - The Course
A Brooklyn CUNY page with links to images of technology, lectures, and maps.

Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang
Hundreds of terra cotta figures of the Terra Cotta Army of Qin Shi Huangdi, who ruled between 246 and 210 B.C., were buried in the mausoleum.

Ancient Chinese Pottery and Ceramics
These pictures of ancient Chinese pottery and ceramics were taken at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

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