Black pottery cup with a handle, Neolithic period, Longshan culture (circa 2400 to 2200 BC). © National Palace Museum, Taipei .

Wine vessel or ritual artifact with bamboo-shaped handle, Longshan culture (3000 BCE to 2000 BCE). Height 17cm, Mouth diameter 11.9cm. From Yaoguanzhuang site, Weifang City, Shandong Province, 1960. Food container with bamboo-shaped stem, Longshan culture...

A group of ceremonial tubes , most produced by the Liangzhu culture 良渚 (ca. 3300-2250 BCE), Late Neolithic period, ca. 5000-1700 BCE, Jade (nephrite), Gifts of Charles Lang Freer, Arthur M. Sackler, and Dr. Paul Singer. © 2016 Smithsonian Institution...

Painted pottery pot with geometric pattern, Yangshao culture (5000 BC to 3000 BC), Neolithic Period. Palace Museum, Beijing. Pottery amphora with swirl pattern, Majiayao culture (3300 BC to 2000 BC), Neolithic Period. Palace Museum, Beijing. Pottery bowl,...