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The Walters Art Museum’s collection of Chinese art includes works that span almost five millennia, from the late Neolithic period all the way up to the turn of the twentieth century. Chinese porcelains from the Ming and Qing dynasties were some of William T. Walters’s first purchases in the mid-nineteenth century and they form the foundation of the museum’s Asian collections. With the addition to important Buddhist sculptures, carved jades, ancient bronzes, paintings, and calligraphies, Henry Walters rounded out the Chinese collection so that it precisely reflects the early twentieth-century American vision of China.  

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Image for Disc (Bi)

Disc (Bi)

Chinese Artist
3rd millennium BC (Neolithic)
42.317
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Image for Cong

Cong

Chinese Artist
3rd millennium BCE (Neolithic)
42.340
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Image for Two-Handled Jar

Two-Handled Jar

Chinese Artist
ca. 2000 BC
49.2392
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Image for Wine Beaker ("Ku")

Wine Beaker ("Ku")

Chinese Artist
13th-12th century BC (Han dynasty)
54.1237
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Image for Ritual Wine Vessel (Jue)

Ritual Wine Vessel (Jue)

Chinese Artist
12th century BCE
54.2184
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Image for Wine Vessel (Gu)

Wine Vessel (Gu)

Chinese Artist
12th-11th century BCE (Shang dynasty)
54.2183
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Image for Food Bowl

Food Bowl

Chinese Artist
11th-10th century BC
54.2172
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Image for Food Bowl

Food Bowl

Chinese Artist
11th-10th century BC (Han?)
54.1235
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Image for Wine Container

Wine Container

Chinese Artist
late 11th century BC
54.2171
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Image for Tripod Vessel

Tripod Vessel

Chinese Artist
6th century BC
54.1631
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Covered Food Bowl

Chinese Artist
6th-5th century BC
54.471
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Image for Ritual Covered Food Container (Dou)

Ritual Covered Food Container (Dou)

Chinese Artist
6th-5th century BC
54.2182
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Image for One of a Pair of Buckle Heads

One of a Pair of Buckle Heads

Chinese Artist
ca. 5th century BCE (Eastern Zhou dynasty (771–221 BCE))
54.1857
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Image for Garment Hook

Garment Hook

Chinese Artist
5th-4th century BCE (Eastern Zhou dynasty (771–221 BCE))
54.1642
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Image for Ritual Wine Flask (Bianhu)

Ritual Wine Flask (Bianhu)

Chinese Artist
5th-4th century BC
54.1242
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Image for S-shaped Belt Plaque or Buckle

S-shaped Belt Plaque or Buckle

Chinese Artist
ca. 4th century BC
54.1793
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Image for Jar with Impressed Textile Pattern

Jar with Impressed Textile Pattern

Chinese Artist
5th-3rd century BCE
49.2385
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Image for Belt Ornament in the Form of a Tiger

Belt Ornament in the Form of a Tiger

Chinese Artist
4th-2nd century BCE
54.2398
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Image for Covered Wine Vessel with Chain

Covered Wine Vessel with Chain

Chinese Artist
ca. 3rd-2nd century BC
54.2167
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Image for Mirror with Intertwined Serpents

Mirror with Intertwined Serpents

Chinese Artist
3rd-2nd century BCE
54.2884
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Bottle

Chinese Artist
3rd century BC (Han)
54.1260
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Image for Mirror with Four "Mountain” Characters

Mirror with Four "Mountain” Characters

Chinese Artist
3rd–2nd century BCE
54.2885
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Image for Buckle with Lion

Buckle with Lion

Chinese Artist
1st-2nd century (Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE))
54.1860
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Copy of a 2nd-century Han Tomb Relief with Narrative Scenes

Chinese Artist
2nd century (?)
25.13
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Copy of a 2nd-century Han Tomb Relief with Narrative Scenes

Chinese Artist
2nd century (?)
25.14
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Image for Copy of a 2nd-century Han Tomb Relief with Narrative Scenes

Copy of a 2nd-century Han Tomb Relief with Narrative Scenes

Chinese Artist
2nd century (?)
25.12
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Baluster Vase

Chinese Artist
19th century (Qing dynasty (1644-1911))
49.226
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Image for Vase with Ringed Handles

Vase with Ringed Handles

Chinese Artist
19th century (Qing dynasty (1644-1911))
49.259
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Vase

Chinese Artist
19th century (Qing dynasty (1644-1911))
49.383
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Dragon

Chinese Artist
4th-5th century (Six Dynasties)
49.2425
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Camel

Chinese Artist
6th-7th century (T'ang dynasty)
49.2731
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Buddha

Chinese Artist
ca. 590
25.9
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