Dancer Figurine, Western Han period (206 BC–9 AD), 2nd century BC. Earthenware. Unearthed from the Tomb of the King of Chu, Tuolan Mountain, Xuzhou, Jiangsu. © Xuzhou Museum With her dramatic posture and outstretched arms, the bold design of this figurine...

Bianhu, China, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, circa 5th-3rd centuries BC. Ritual bronze fermented beverages vessel. H 36.5 cm. © Galerie Christian Deydier at BRAFA 2019, Stand 22c. Sow, China, Western Han dynasty, 2nd century BC. Gray earthenware....

A rare bronze mirror with four stylized dragons and 16 arcs, China, early Western Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), c. 2nd century BC. FOTODESIGN-DOEBLER@WEB.DE the carefully and well cast mirror is decorated with a knob in a square field in the centre, surrounded...

A silvery bronze circular mirror with inscription. Mid Western Han dynasty, 2nd century BC. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The central knob encircled by twelve small discs, hatchured and plain bands, eight joined arcs, and an inscription within further...