An Eye on China's Past
A Sampling from the ChinaStock Historical Collection

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Ordinal Numbered Pottery (6000-7000BC)
Oracle Bone, Shang Dynasty

Ancient Compass, Warring States Period
(475-221BC)
Ancient Coins (circa 500-400BC)

Bronze Farming Tools, Spring and Autumn Period
Reproduction of Wheelbarrow
West Han Dynasty (206BC-8AD)

Wooden Board Players, Han Dynasty,
Wuwei, Gansu
Lacquer Bowl, West Han dynasty,
Mawangdui, Changsha

Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art (100AD),
East Han Dynasty Book
Han Dynasty Brick Carving

Brick Painting of Sowing Seed (circa 300AD),
Jaiyuguan,Gansu
Breast Feeding & Caring About Babies Food,
Buddhist Carving, Baodingshan No. 15, Dazu, Sichuan

Painting of Yellow Emperor
Bronze Bells, Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, Wuhan
Emperor Qin Shihuang

Kong Fuzi,
Founder of Confucianism
Lao Zi,
Founder of Daoism
Sun Tzu, Military Strategist,
Spring & Autumn Period)
Admiral Zheng He Returns
MORE Zheng He

Silk Gauze, West Han Dynasty (206BC-8AD),
Mawangdui Tomb, Changsha
Yang Guifei (719-756AD),
Tang Dynasty Mistress
Silk Weaving,
Qing Dynasty Painting

Silk Road Mural of Traveler with Camel,
Jiayuguan, Gansu
Silk Road Leather Boots, West Han Dynasty
(206BC-8AD), Xinjiang

Glass Vase,
Sui Dynasty,
Tomb of Lijing Shun
Pilgrims at Silk Road City,
Magao Grottoes Cave #217, Tang Dynasty Mural,
Dunhuang, Gansu
Foreigner on Silk Road,
Tang Dynasty Pottery,
Tomb of Yong Tai Princess

Ghengis Khan
.First Ming Emperor
Zhu Hongwudi (1328-1398)
Ming Emperor Yongle
(1403-1425)
Manchu Troops in Nanjing
in 1640's
Ming Confucian Scholars,
Silk Scroll Painting
Qing Dynasty Theater
(1644-1911)
Dowager Empress Cixi,
Qing Dynasty
Yuan Shikai, Republic of
China President (1859-1916)

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