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National Museum of China, Beijing

Neolithic

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  Erlitu Culture stone qing
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  Dawenkou Culture pottery gui in the form of a pig

Shang Dynasty (c.1600–1046 BC)

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  Bronze mask
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  Tortoise plastron with a divination inscription
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  Ox scapula with a divination inscription
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  Animal bone with a divination inscription

Zhou Dynasty (1045–256 BC)

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  Bronze wine vessel in the shape of a foal (Western Zhou)
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  Pottery model for an animal head (Spring and Autumn Period, Jin State)
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  Pottery mould for spade coin (Spring and Autumn Period, Jin State)
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  Bronze deer ornament (Warring States Period)
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  Bronze mirror with slanted T-shaped design (Warring States Period)
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  Bronze tiger tally with inscription (Warring States Period, Chu State)
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  Bronze tallies with inscriptions inlaid in gold (Warring States Period, Chu State)
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  Rhinoceros-shaped bronze belt hook inlaid with gold and silver (Warring States Period, Ba State)
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  Pottery roof tile end (Warring States Period, Yan State)
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  Pottery roof tile end (Warring States Period, Yan State)

Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC)

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  Terracotta horse and two soldiers from the Terracotta Army buried near the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin

Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD)

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  Inscribed pottery roof tile ends (Western Han)
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  Jade pillow from the tomb of the Prince of Chu (Western Han)
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  Deer-shaped bronze mat weight mounted with shell (Western Han)
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  Painted pottery vessel (hu) with dragon and tiger design (Western Han)
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  Inkstone in lacquer case (Western Han)
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  Bronze wine vessel (zun) in the shape of a rhinoceros, with gold and silver inlaid cloud designs (Western Han)
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  Bronze seal inscribed 漢匈奴歸義親漢長 (Eastern Han)
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  Liubo players in a green-glazed pottery tower (Eastern Han)
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  Pottery three-sided courtyard house (Eastern Han)
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  Green-glazed pottery pigpen (Eastern Han)
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  Brick relief depicting wine-brewing (Eastern Han)
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  Brick relief depicting rice-husking (Eastern Han)
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  Brick relief depicting a market scene (Eastern Han)
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  Brick relief depicting a courtyard residence (Eastern Han)
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  Brick relief depicting a horse-drawn carriage (Eastern Han)
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  Brick relief with performers and jugglers (Eastern Han)
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  Stone carving depicting the divine healer Bian Que 扁鵲 and two Liubo players (Eastern Han)
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  Stone sundial with Liubo markings
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  Fragments of stone well railings with a Buddhist inscription written in the Kharoshthi script

Jin Dynasty (265–280)

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  Porcelain figures and cart

Northern Dynasties (386–581)

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  Pottery female singer and two musicians (Northern Wei)
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  Gold hat ornament in the shape of an ox head with deer antlers with gold leaves

Southern Dynasties (420–589)

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  Brick relief depicting a phoenix
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  Brick relief depicting a pair of mythical creatures, inscribed 千秋 and 萬歲
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  Brick relief depicting the "four white-haired scholars of the Southern Mountain" (南山四皓)
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  Brick relief depicting two scholars and two maids

Tang Dynasty (618–907)

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  Stone inscription commemorating the building of the Hall of Containing Light (Hanhuang Dian 含光殿) and a polo field in the year 831 (Dahe 5)
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  Pottery dumpling and delicacies from a Tang Dynasty tomb

Five Dynasties (907–960) and Ten Kingdoms Period (907–979)

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  Gilded bronze door knocker from the tomb of Wang Jian 王建 (Former Shu)
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  Painted stone relief depicting a warrior from the tomb of Wang Chuzhi 王處直 (Later Liang)

Song Dynasty (960–1279)

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  Northern Song glazed brick with dragon design from the Kaibao Temple Pagoda at Kaifeng
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  Bronze plate for printing an advertisement for the Liu family needle shop at Jinan
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  Brick reliefs depicting a woman washing dishes and a woman preparing a fish
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  Bronze mirror depicting people playing kickball (cuju 蹴鞠)
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  Bronze mirror depicting a puppet show

Western Xia (1038–1227)

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  Five bronze seals of the Western Xia state, each inscribed with the two character word "Commander" in Tangut seal script
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  Bronze seal with "Commander" in Tangut seal script
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  Bronze pass (paizi) with a four character inscription in the Tangut script
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  Bronze two-part pass (paizi) with four character inscription in the Tangut script inlaid in silver
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  Grey pottery Kalaviṅka-shaped architectural ornament
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  Glazed pottery Kalaviṅka-shaped architectural ornament

Jin Dynasty (1115–1234)

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  Pottery figurines of musicians (a flute player on the left, and a someone beating clappers on the right)
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  Bronze mirror with double fish design
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  Bronze plate for printing the Xingding era paper currency
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  Bronze seal inscribed "河東南路兵馬都總管印", dated 12th year of the Dading era (1172) on its back
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  Bronze seal inscribed "韓州刺史之印", dated 2nd year of the Dading era (1162) on its back

Yuan Dynasty (1206–1368)

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  Bronze printing plate for the Zhiyuan banknote
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  Zhiyuan banknote
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  Silver paizi inscribed 天賜成吉思皇帝聖旨疾 "Bestowed by Heaven, the imperial edict of Emperor Chinggis [Genghis Khan]. Urgent."
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  Iron plate with Arabic numbers arranged in a 6 × 6 grid to form a magic square adding up to 111 horizontally, vertically and diagonally
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  Bronze cannon with inscription dated the 3rd year of the Zhiyuan era (1332).
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  Three hollow pottery caltrops that would have been filled with gunpowder

Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)

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  Copperplate for printing the Great Ming one string banknote

Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)

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  Silver seal of the Jedruong Hutuktu, with inscriptions in the Tibetan and Manchu scripts

Bohai/Balhae Kingdom

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  Brick fragment inscribed with the characters shang jing 上京 "Upper Capital"

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