Chinese Antiques

Eastern Han Dynasty

Boat and crew, tomb artefact, Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 AD (earthenware) by Chinese School – Mug – Standard Size $14.50 This mug is created using the finest dye sublimation techniques and creates a stunning dishwasher safe finish. Great as a gift, or for promotional items. Each of our mugs come individually boxed for protection in transit….

Figure of a male dancer, tomb artefact, Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 (earthenware) by Eastern Han Dynasty Chinese School – Mug – Standard Size $14.50 This mug is created using the finest dye sublimation techniques and creates a stunning dishwasher safe finish. Great as a gift, or for promotional items. Each of our mugs come individually boxed for protection in transit….

Galloping horse with one Hoof Resting on a Swallow, from the Tomb at Wu-wei, Kansu, Eastern Han Dynasty (bronze) by Chinese School – Mug – Standard Size $14.50 This mug is created using the finest dye sublimation techniques and creates a stunning dishwasher safe finish. Great as a gift, or for promotional items. Each of our mugs come individually boxed for protection in transit….

Cao Cao (VCD) China Version When the Eastern Han Dynasty was in its last years, the emperor was unable to control the nation, with the power falling into the hands of eunuches and his relatives of his wife, the warlords fighting each other frequently, and the people being forced to leave home and wander about. During this period, Cao Cao assumed control of government and punished many corrupt officials. Although he experienc…

China’s Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty $9.00 The Tang Dynasty (618-907), traditionally regarded as the golden age of China, was a time of patricians and intellectuals, Buddhist monks and Taoist priests, poetry and music, song and dance. In China’s Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty, Charles Benn paints a vivid picture of the lifestyle behind the grandeur of the Tang culture. All aspects of day-to-day life are presented, including …

The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Penguin Classics) $10.79 Traditionally ascribed to the mythical figure Yu the Great, The Classic of Mountains and Seas (third century B.C. to second century A.D.) brings together a treasure trove of rare data and colorful fiction about the mythical figures, rituals, medicine, natural history, and ethnic peoples of the ancient world. The Classic narrates episodes of 204 mythical figures, notably the gods Foremost, Fond Car…

Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty $24.00 Sima Qian (145?-90? BCE) was the first major Chinese historian. His “Shiji,” or “Records of the Grand Historian,” documents the history of China and its neighboring countries from the ancient past to his own time. These three volumes cover the Qin and Han dynasties….

Fate of the Dragon $15.66 In the confusion following the collapse of the Eastern Han Dynasty in second-century China, rival warlords take control of their respective territories and set up their own kingdoms, splitting China into three parts. As one of these three warlords, you must build your own regime, develop new technologies, and create a mighty army in an attempt to control the Three Kingdoms and reunify China.Fate o…

Kevin is right in mentioning the power vaccum left behind by the fall of the Western Empire. However governments fail all throughout history and yet there aren’t multiple periods of “Darkness”. Only 3 in western history I believe (Sumerian, Greek, Western Europe).

There are several factors that should be considered.
1. China is large in property but small in inhabitable land. I believe even today 90% of China lives on 25% of its real estate. So your not going to have the massive break down in communication like you had with the disappearance of the Empire.

2. Continuity. When the Han Dynesty fell they were replaced by… more Chinese. When Rome fell they were replaced by uncivilized and backward Barbarians from all over the world if you think about it. With the disappearnce of Rome came the disappearance of administration, government, social services, trade, defense, education, and security as well as massive agrarian projects and running water (infrastructure). Think about what the barbarians did. They destroyed the aquaducts. The very life blood of any civilization without having any means of rebuilding. The Chinese over threw to maintain or improve not to simply destroy.

3. This is a beaten horse but important nontheless… Christianity or more specifically the Roman Catholic Church which began to destroy the knowledge locked in Plato, Cicero, Thucididyes, and all the pagans and replaced it with heaven or hell doctrine, chaning the focus from making the world a better place to working to have a better afterlife. The Church was a catch 22 however. Though the church as an institution caused the west to become stagnant and really fall a thousand years backwards (its not until the age of enlightenment that humanity recaptures the same quality of life the Romans had) but the monks, the inner workers of the church also maintained the few works that were left, at great risk of course, which made them capable of taking advantage of the documents the Crusaders brought back with them many years later for Europe’s rebirth or Renissance.

The situation of Rome was much more dire then that of the Chinese. Which is why we marvel at such a great people no matter where you are in the world (The Japanese used Roman ranks and offices all the way through WWII). If you ever read up on the fall of Rome you’ll find it quite depressing and unfortunately all too famliar with modern day times. Imagine what would happen should the United States fall apart (do not believe it cannot happen, the Romans believed the same about themselves) then you can appriciate why the West fell apart the way it did.

Antique Chinese gilded bronze mirror -2 dragons, Eastern Han Dynasty 25-220 AD $4,288.00

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