350399 23 Storage jar Ceramic (stoneware), pigment, glaze Yuan-Ming period (AD 1279-1644) 24 13th-14th century AD Northern China, Hebei, Henan, or Shanxi Province 127237 Pillow Ceramic (stoneware), pigment, glaze Jin Dynasty (AD 1115-1234) Northern China, Hebei or Henan Provinc

Jar (guan) Ceramic (stoneware) Warring States period (475-221 BC) #ZhouDynasty (1046-256 BC) China, probably #Zhejiang Province Field Museum

Ceramic (porcelain), glaze 12th-13th century AD #SongYuanperiod (AD 960-1368) Made in China, Fujian Province Excavated from Indonesia, #JavaSea Field Museum

Drum Bronze Probably #Hanperiod (206 BC-AD 220) Southern China 117464 Field Museum

#Jade is an umbrella term for two different types of decorative rocks used for jewelry or ornaments. Jade is often referred to by either of two different silicate mineral names: nephrite Field Museum

#Dragonjar Ceramic (stoneware), glaze, metal 16th-17th centuries AD Late #MingDynasty (AD 1368-1644) Made in China Acquired in the Philippines, Luzon Island, Manaba, Abra Field Museum

The #jadepigs found in some #Hanperiod burials were likely originally placed in the hands of the deceased. The body illustrated here is dressed in a full suilt of jade, thought to protect the dead Field Museum

#Handynasty [a] (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD) was an imperial dynasty of China established by Liu Bang, and preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and interregnum known as the Chu–Han Contention (206–202 BC). It was succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220– Field Museum

#Tombcontract Metal alloy c. AD 85 Eastern #Hanperiod (AD 25-220) China Field Museum

The #giraffe 's unusual appearance sparked talk that it was a #qilin , a mythical creature with a deer's body, a horse's hooves, and a horn. A qilin is painted on this 15th-16th-century Chinese plate. Field Museum

#inuit [a] (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions Field Museum

Layers of silt, deposited each time the #YellowRiver flooded, gradually buried the #HanDynasty village of #Sanyangzhuang . Farming further upriver triggered erosion that made floods worse. Prelous Home Field Museum

#Malusfloribunda , common name Japanese flowering crabapple,[1][2] Japanese crab,[3] purple chokeberry,[2] or showy crabapple,[2] originates Field Museum

#Teabowl Ceramic (stoneware), glaze 12th-13th century AD Southern #Songdynasty (AD 1127-1279) China, Jiangxi Province, Jizhou kilns Field Museum

and experimentation. #WilburandOrville claimed they inherited their engineering abilities from their mother, who often repaired the household appliances and adapted them to new Griffin Museum of Science and Industry

e #BaoxiePlankRoad in Shaand Province was part of a vast network of roads maintained by the #HanDynasty government. Later reconstructed, all that remains of the original road are post holes Field Museum

#YellowRiverValley Life in the Yellow River Valley This scene, set c. 5000–3000 BC, is based on studies of several major archaeological sites in northern China during the #MiddleNeolithic period. Field Museum

#Quercussuber , commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. Cerris. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork Field Museum

#YellowRiverValley Life in the Yellow River Valley This scene, set c. 5000–3000 BC, is based on studies of several major archaeological sites in northern China during the #MiddleNeolithic period. Field Museum

#Tangdynasty (/tɑːŋ/,[7] [tʰǎŋ]; Chinese: 唐朝[a]), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Field Museum