Editing Chinese art (section)

===Neolithic pottery===
{{Main|Yangshao culture|Peiligang culture}}

Early forms of art in China are found in the Neolithic [[Yangshao culture]], which dates back to the 6th millennium BC. Archeological findings such as those at the [[Banpo]] have revealed that the Yangshao made pottery; early [[ceramics (art)|ceramics]] were unpainted and most often cord-marked. The first decorations were fish and human faces, but these eventually evolved into symmetrical-geometric abstract designs, some painted.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

The most distinctive feature of Yangshao culture was the extensive use of painted pottery, especially human facial, animal, and geometric designs. Unlike the later [[Longshan culture]], the Yangshao culture did not use [[pottery wheel]]s in pottery making. Excavations have found that children were buried in painted pottery jars.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

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File:PeiligangCulture-RedPotWithTwoEars-ShanghaiMuseum-May27-08.jpg|A red pot with two "ears"; by [[Peiligang culture]]; 6000–5200 BC; ceramic; [[Shanghai Museum]]
File:半山类型圆点纹彩陶壶.jpg|Dotted pottery pot, semi-mountain type; by [[Yangshao culture]] from China; 2700–2300 BCE; [[Gansu Provincial Museum]] ([[Lanzhou]])
File:MET DP257874.jpg|Jar; 2650–2350 BC; earthenware with painted decoration; height: 34&nbsp;cm; [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (New York City)
File:Painted Pottery Pot with Geometric Lattice Pattern.jpg|Pot with geometric lattice pattern; by [[Majiayao culture]]; 2600–2300 BC; painted potter; Shanghai Museum
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