Module 1

Question 1

Bowl With Slip Decoration of Men‘s Heads And Fish

ca. 5000-ca. 4000 BCE; Earthenware. Diameter: 39.5 cmYangshao culture, Banpo type
The National Museum of China, Beijing

Answer 1

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Question 2

Bowl with Stylized Floral or Leaf Designs

Black pigment on red earthenware, 23 x 36 cm
Yangshao culture, Miaodigou type
Excavated in 1979 in Fangshan county, Shanxi Province
Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Taiyuan

Answer 2

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Question 3

Jar with Spiral Decoration, ca. 2600–2300 BCE
Red earthenware with painted decoration
H. 37.0 cm., diam. 53.0 cm
Majiayao culture, Banshan type
Princeton University Art Museum

Question 4

Black Pottery Cup
ca. 2000 BCE
Clay; Height 16.3cm
Longshan culture

Question 5

Head of a Female Deity, ca. 4000-3000 BCE
Earthenware and jade. Height: 22.5 cm
Excavated in 1983 in Niuheliang, Liaoning province
Liaoning Institute of Archaeology, Shenyang

Question 6

Ornament in the Shape of a Pig-dragon
ca. 3600-2000 BCE
Jade, H. 6.2 x W. 4 in.
Hongshan culture
Liaoning Province Museum, Shengyang

Question 7

Jade Dragon, ca. 6000-5000 BCE
Jade, 26.3 x 29.3 cm
Excavated in 1971 in Inner Mongolia, China
National Museum of China, Beijing

Question 8

Ritual Object, Bi, ca. 3200–2000 BCE
Jade (nephrite). Diam. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Question 9

Tall Jade cong, ca. 3300-2000 BCE
Liangzhu culture
Prism, 30.2 x 6.5 x 7.5 cm (11 7/8 x 2 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum,

Question 10

Types of Bronze Vessel

Answer 10

Wine
Water
Food

Question 11

Jue with Taotie Décor
14-11th century BCE, Shang dynasty
H. 22.4 x W. 19.7 x D. 11.2 cm
Harvard University of Art Museums

Question 12

Lidded Ritual Wine Container (You) with Taotie and Dragons
ca. 1100 – 1050 BCE, Shang dynasty
H x W x D: 36.1 x 26.9 x 23.6 cm
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Question 13

Guang
Late Shang dynasty
Height: 9 ¾ in.
Harvard University Art Museums

Question 14

Guang
Late Shang dynasty
Height: 9 ¾ in.
Harvard University Art Museums

Question 15

Houmuwu ding
Late Shang dynasty, bronze
Height: 133 cm
From the Tomb of Fu Hao, Anyang, Henan province
National Museum of China, Beijing

Question 16

Elements of the _____

Answer 16

Lower Jaw
Forehead
Fang
Snout
Upper Jaw or Trunk
Crest
C-Horn
Beak or Fang
Tail
Quill
Eye
Leg

Question 17

Sanxingdui
(location)

Question 18

Standing Figure
ca. 1300 BCE – 1100 BCE
Height: 2.62 m (8’7”)
Sanxingdui Museum, Sichuan

Question 19

Bronze Mask
60 x 134 cm
Sanxingdui Museum, Sichuan

Question 20

Oracle Bones, Shang Dynasty
Left: Reverse of ox scapulae Right: Reverse of tortoise plastron

Question 21

Above: Oracle Bone (Tortoise plastron)
ca. 1300 – 1050 BCE, Shang dynasty
7.6 x 9.7 cm (3 x 3 13/16 in)
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Question 22

Right: Oracle Bone
ca. 1200 – 1050 BCE, Shang dynasty
L. 21.6 x W. 10 x D. 2.6 cm
The British Museum

Question 23

Houmuwu ding
Late Shang dynasty
Height: 133 cm
From the Tomb of Fu Hao
National Museum of China, Beijing

Question 24

Owl Shaped Wine Container (zun)
Late Shang dynasty
Height: 6.3 cm
From the Tomb of Fu Hao
Henan Museum, Zhengzhou

Question 25

Kneeling Figurine Late Shang dynasty Jade; Height: 7 cm From the Tomb of Fu Hao, Anyang, Henan province National Museum of China, Beijing

Question 26

Square Lidded Ritual Wine Container (Fangyi)  Early Western Zhou period Ht. 35.6 cm Freer Gallery of Asian Art

Question 27

Tripod of Duke Mao (Maogong Ding) Late Western Zhou period Ht. 53.8 cm National Palace Museum, Taipei

Question 28

San Pan Western Zhou period Ht. 20.6 cm, dia. 54.6 cm National Palace Museum, Taipei

Question 29

Inscription on San Pan

Question 30

Fanghu with Lotus and Crane Spring and Autumn period Ht. 123 cm Henan Provincial Museum, Zhengzhou

Question 31

Bianhu Flask Warring States Period Bronze inlaid with silver Ht. 31.2 cm Freer Gallery of Asian Art

Question 32

Lacquer Exterior (above) and Interior (below) Coffins Warring States Period From the Tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng

Question 33

Bells Warring States Period Tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng

Question 34

Zun Pan Warring states, or Eastern Zhou Ht: 30.1 cm Tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng

Question 35

Painting of a Lady with a Phoenix and Dragon Eastern Zhou (481 BCE-221 BCE) H. 12.3 x W. 9.1 in. Hunan Provincial Museum, Changs

Question 36

Painting of a Man Riding a Dragon Boat Eastern Zhou (481 BCE-221 BCE) H. 14.7 x W. 11 in. Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha

Question 37

Yangshao

Answer 37

Neolithic Culture

Question 38

Hongshan

Answer 38

Neolithic Culture

Question 39

Majiayao

Answer 39

Neolithic Culture

Question 40

Liangzhu

Answer 40

Neolithic Culture

Question 41

Longshan

Answer 41

Neolithic Culture

Question 42

What are the major bronze vessel types?

Answer 42

Jue Ding Hu You

Question 43

What are decoration motifs on bronzes?

Answer 43

Taotie Dragon Feiyi Gui

Question 44

Cong

Question 45

Sanxingdui

Question 46

Tomb of Fu Hai

Question 47

Oracle bone and oracle bone script

Question 48

Seal script - Zhuanshu

Question 49

Jinwen

Question 50

Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng (Zenghou Yi mu)

Question 51

Lost - Wax casting