Arts of Asia – Neolithic Era
 3000 B.C. - 1500 B.C.
The earliest known Chinese Stone Age culture was
the relatively sophisticated Yang-shao, whose people lived
in rudimentary settlements and hunted for game with carved stone spears.
The succeeding and more advanced Lung-shan culture identified the social
status of the deceased by the type and number of precious jade objects
and ceramics in their burial mounds. Chinese Neolithic pottery, both
delicate and durable, was artfully decorated and served both practical
and ritual purposes.
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Faux Axe Scepter
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Funerary Jar |
Ceremonial
Stem Cup |
Ceremonial
Stem Cup |
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