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Civil Official
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North China
Tang period, 8th century
Earthenware with multicolored lead glazes and traces of pigment (sancai ware)
H. 40 3/4 in. (103.5 cm); 1979.114 |
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Artist Comments
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Ken Chu
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776 BC
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First Olympic Games in Greece
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652
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Koran written
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1271-1295
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Marco Polo (1254-1324) travels from Venice, Italy, through India, China, Burma, and Persia to the court of Kublai Khan
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1938
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Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959), Taliesin West, Phoenix, AZ, is dotted with glazed Chinese earthenware
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1948
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Sammy Lee (1920- ) is awarded the high-diving gold medal in the Olympic Games, four years later he wins again. He later coaches Somoan-American Greg Louganis (1960- )
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1949
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People's Republic of China is founded under Mao Tse-tung (1883-1976)
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1955
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Cold War (1955-1989) among Soviet Union, China, and US
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1961
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Win Ng (1936-1991) is one of the first generations of artists to use the ceramic medium in a non-utilitarian context. His bold geometric sculptures brings the medium into the American abstract expressionist school.
Mattel introduces Ken doll.
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1999
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Anne Chu (1959- ), House with Bamboo Tree and Court Lady
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