China's millennial history and its control of vast territories generated a great variety of art forms. However, thanks to its centralised political structure and the organic nature of its cultural models, it can be characterised in a generally homogeneous way.The East Asia Gallery (China) houses ancient Chinese art from 3000 BCE to approximately 900 CE, with Neolithic pottery, ritual bronzes, pottery, lacquers and terracottas. Over two hundred examples of funerary art from the Han and Tang periods are also on display.
