Paraguay 25th Anniversary of the Clay Museum August 26, 2004 Set of three, two stamps feature clay figurines Cantarilla antropomorfa and Cristo de la columna.
On August 25, 1954, China Post issued the fifth set of stamps in the "Great Homeland" series (Special No. 9), the first of which was about Neolithic Pottery.
The painted pottery pot on the left of the stamp picture belongs to the Banshan type of Majiayao culture, with a small mouth, a bulging belly, a small flat bottom, and small symmetrical ring ears on the bottom. The upper part of the abdomen is painted with black color, the composition is more complex, with a large spiral pattern in the middle and black zigzag edges. The small amphora on the right belongs to the Machang type of the Majiayao culture, and the Machang type was developed from the Banshan type. The jar has two ears, a big mouth, and the abdomen is painted with diamond patterns. Painted pottery pots are made of clay and are all made by hand, so they are relatively rough.
China Post Issue Date: April 10, 1990 Subject: Painted Pottery in Neolithic Age
Fig.1 Banpo type painted pottery basin with human face and fish pattern. The painted pottery of the Banpo type belongs to the early Yangshao culture, its age is about 4800-3600 BC. In 1953, it was first discovered at the ruins of Banpo Village in Xi'an, Shaanxi, so it is called Banpo type painted pottery. The pottery is represented by round-bottom basins with shallow belly, small-mouth and thin-neck pots, straight-mouth and pointed-bottom bottles, and gourd-shaped bottles with narrow mouths. Banpo painted pottery patterns mostly use animal images, such as fish, turtle, deer, bird, and human face, pig face and other bionic patterns.
Fig. 2 Miaodigou type variant bird-pattern curved-belly painted pottery basin. Unearthed in Miaodigou, Shanxian County, Henan Province in 1956. It is now in the Chinese History Museum. Miaodigou painted pottery belongs to the middle period of Yangshao culture, dating from about 3900 BC to 3000 BC. Pottery is represented by flat-bottomed bowls and basins with curved holes and curved bellies, basins with narrow mouths and shallow bellies, long-necked pots, and bottles with small lips and a pointed bottom or flat bottom.
Fig. 3 Majiayao type painted pottery urn with swirling pattern and narrow mouth. Unearthed in Sanping, Yongjing County, Gansu Province in 1956, it is now in the Chinese History Museum. Majiayao type, Banshan type and Machang type are collectively called Majiayao culture. Among them, the Majiayao type is mainly distributed in Gansu and Qinghai regions, dating from about 3100 BC to 2700 BC. Huge, diverse shapes, exquisite designs, gorgeous patterns and other characteristics, it is the pinnacle of Chinese painted pottery art.
Fig. 4 Machang type pottery pot with god and man pattern. The pottery pot with god-man pattern, also known as pottery pot with human-shaped frog pattern, was unearthed in 1977 at the Sanjiayao site in Minhe County, Qinghai Province, and is now in the collection of the Chinese History Museum. Machang type painted pottery was first discovered in Machang Yuan, Minhe County, Qinghai Province, dating from about 2200 BC to 2000 BC. According to statistics, more than 10,000 complete pottery vessels have been unearthed, most of which are urns and pots. The painting technique of Machang type painted pottery has been greatly developed, and the composite line pattern technique of inlaying two black lines with one red line has begun to appear. The patterns are mainly four big circle patterns and god-man patterns.
China Post Issue Date: Oct. 1, 1956 Subject: East Han Dynasty period decorative portrait bricks
Portrait brick is a kind of decorative painting in ancient ancestral halls and tombs. It was popular in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-220) about 2,000 years ago. The form of expression was a combination of Yang engraved lines, Yang engraved planes, bas-reliefs, etc.; it was printed with models, or directly engraved on bricks, and some were imprinted. color. The content includes cutting grain, making salt, picking lotus, shooting shoots, as well as banquets, singing and music, acrobatics, tours of chariots and horses, fairy tales, etc. The composition is rich in changes, and the shape is concise and vivid.
The portrait bricks of the Eastern Han Dynasty are decorations embedded on the tomb walls instead of murals and stone carvings. There are two types of methods: (1) directly engraving pictures on the brick surface like stone carvings; (2) carving models before making bricks. Then press forged. The portrait bricks unearthed in Chengdu, Sichuan, are in the form of bas-relief, which is different from the inscribed lines used in ordinary engravings, so their rubbings are all black on a white background.
The pattern content of Eastern Han Dynasty bricks, like other works of art at that time, shows life scenes such as war, hunting, chariots, banquets, dances and music. These works reflect the different lives of the working people and the ruling class at that time, and also reflect the prevailing customs of Huang Lao thought, fatalism and heavy burial at that time. The techniques are generally realistic, simple, realistic, and vivid, especially the Han bricks unearthed in Chengdu, which not only have rich life content, but also have a high artistic level, which is an important material for studying the culture and life knowledge of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The Terracotta Warriors are collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting him in his afterlife.
The figures, dating from approximately the late 200s BCE, were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong County, outside Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The figures vary in height according to their rank, the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army hold more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses, and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remain in situ in the pits near Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum. Other, non-military terracotta figures were found in adjoining pits, including officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians.
Republic of China Ancient Chinese Porcelain January 10, 1973 NT$1.00: Stem-bowl with dragon decor in underglaze blue NT$2.00: Refuse container with decor of dragons chasing pearl in green and yellow glazes NT$2.50: Covered jar with lotus decor in underglaze blue and enamel colors NT$5.00: Covered jar with horses decor in polychrome NT$8.00: Bowl, decorated with figures of immortals in polychrome
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