The Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, located in the southern Chinese city of Nanning, boasts a collection of about 70,000 artifacts and fossils, spanning 800,000 years. Take a look at some of its cultural relics ranging from the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-24 AD) to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Bronze kneel-sitting terracotta figures. As they were uncovered along with an ancient Chinese chessboard, it seems that the four men are playing chess. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Bronze tripod. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Bronze drum. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Bronze phoenix-shaped lamp. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Bronze mirror with the pattern of divine beasts. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Light lime glass with string pattern. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Wheel-shaped glass ring. As an artifact in imitation of jade, it is modeled on penannular jade ring as an ornament. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Animal-shaped carnelian beads. The beads consists of 11 pieces, including six in the shape of lions and five in the shape of geese. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
The twelve-sided gold beads, also known as gold flower ball, are in the shape of a round ball with a hollow center and are exceptionally delicate. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Beryl Beads. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Blue-and-white glazed bowl pressed with interlocking lotus pattern made by Zhonghe Kiln. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Green-glazed and rhomboid-rimmed plate with plucked branch and fruit pattern made by Longquan Kiln. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Blue-and-white dish with rhomboid rim and interlocking lotus pattern. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Yellow glazed plate. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Glazed cup with lotus leaf pattern. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Kiln-glazed fish-basket-shaped vessel with dragon pattern. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Enameled five-holed vessel with one-hundred-flower pattern. /Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region