Art of Early China, Korea, and Japan

Please note that this video includes only one example of Korean Art. The majority of the discussion is about China and Japan.

Neolithic China
Bowl with Slip decoration of Men’s heads and Fish. Yangshao culture. Banpo, China. ca. 5000-4000 BCE.
Square Tube (Cong) with Masks. Liangzhu culture. Lake Tai region, China. 3300-2250 BCE.

Shang (China)
Royal Tomb of Lady Hao. Anyang, China. ca. 1200 BCE. (Owl-Shaped Wine Vessel)
Standing male figure. Sanxingdui, China. ca. 1300-1100 BCE.

Warring States Period (China)
Assemblage of 65 bronze bells from Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng. Suizhou, China. ca. 433 BCE.
Bi disk. Jincun, China. ca. 400-200 BCE.

Neolithic Korea
Comb-patterned earthenware. Korea. ca. 3000 BCE.

Jomon (Neolithic Japan)
Earthenware vessel with Flame-like decoration. Japan. ca. 2500-1500 BCE.
Figurine (Dogu). Japan. ca. 1500-1000 BCE.

Yayoi (Japan)
Dotaku with figurative decoration. Japan. ca. 100-300 CE.
Earthenware Vessel. Japan. ca. 100 CE.

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