EditorialCovered Jar (Hu). China; reportedly from Jincun, Henan province. Date: 399 BC-200 BC. Dimensions: H. 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); diam. 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.). Bronze inlaid with strand silver and gilded. Origin: China.
EditorialChina / Japan: Xuanzang (Hsuan-tsang, c. 602 – 664) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler and translator who travelled to India seeking Buddhist knowledge during the early Tang Dynasty. Hanging scroll painting, Kamakura Period (14th cent
EditorialDaishichi ihin kogestu, [between 1830 and 1844], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 17.2 x 21.5 cm., Print shows rugged coastline with gate to shrine and mountains; no. 7 of the eight scenic spots of Henan, China.
EditorialDaiichi, [between 1830 and 1844], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 17.3 x 22.2 cm., Print shows a village along coastline with gate to shrine and mountains in the background; no. 1 of the eight scenic spots of Henan, China.
EditorialDaiichi, [between 1830 and 1844], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 17.3 x 22.2 cm., Print shows a village along coastline with gate to shrine and mountains in the background; no. 1 of the eight scenic spots of Henan, China.
EditorialDaishichi ihin kogestu, [between 1830 and 1844], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 17.2 x 21.5 cm., Print shows rugged coastline with gate to shrine and mountains; no. 7 of the eight scenic spots of Henan, China.
EditorialIn Mihe, China, the downpour has dumped piles of fresh mud on the town, in a flat-bottomed valley with steep slopes of red dirt. The formidable destructive power of the floods that engulfed Henan Province in central China became clearer on Thursday, July 22, 2021, even as new areas were inundated. (Keith Bradsher/The New York Times)
EditorialBowl, 12th?century, Stoneware with crackled blue glaze (Jun ware), 4 ? 8 3/4 in. (10.2 ? 22.2?cm), Jun wares, made for the court and for popular consumption, were produced at the kilns in Henan Province from the tenth to the fifteenth century. The deli...
EditorialFlask, Tang dynasty (618?907), 9th century, China, Stoneware with splashed glaze (Jun ware), H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm), Ceramics, The dramatic blue splash over the brown glaze on this bottle prefigures the use of copper to create similar designs in later...
Editorial? ???, Spouted Wine Vessel (Gong), Shang dynasty (ca. 1600?1046 B.C.), 13th century B.C., China (Henan Province, possibly Anyang), Bronze, H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm), Metalwork, Every surface of this vessel is animated with fantastic creatures: an owl-like...