1 Painted pottery from Kansu: Neolithic. _Facing page_ 48
_In the collection of the Museum fuer Voelkerkunde, Berlin_.

2 Ancient bronze tripod found at Anyang. 49
_From G. Ecke: Fruehe chinesische Bronzen aus der Sammlung
Oskar Trautmann, Peking 1939 plate 3._

3 Bronze plaque representing two horses fighting each
other. Ordos region, animal style. 64
_From V. Griessmaier: Sammlung Baron Eduard von der
Heydt, Vienna 1936, illustration No. 6._

4 Hunting scene: detail from the reliefs in the tombs at
Wu-liang-tz'u. 64
_From a print in the author's possession_.

5 Part of the "Great Wall". 65
_Photo Eberhard._

6 Sun Ch'uean, ruler of Wu. 144
_From a painting by Yen Li-pen (c. 640-680)._

7 General view of the Buddhist cave-temples of Yuen-kang.
In the foreground, the present village; in the background
the rampart. 145
_Photo H. Hammer-Morrisson._

8 Detail from the Buddhist cave-reliefs of Lungmen. 160
_From a print in the author's possession._

9 Statue of Mi-lo (Maitreya, the next future Buddha), in
the "Great Buddha Temple" at Chengting (Hopei). 161
_Photo H. Hammer-Morrisson._

10 Ladies of the Court: Clay models which accompanied
the dead person to the grave. T'ang period. 208
_In the collection of the Museum fuer Voelkerkunde, Berlin._

11 Distinguished founder: a temple banner found at
Khotcho, Turkestan. 209
_Museum fuer Voelkerkunde, Berlin. No. 1B 4524, illustration
B 408._

12 Ancient tiled pagoda at Chengting (Hopei). 224
_Photo H. Hammer-Morrisson._

13 Horse-training. Painting by Li Lung-mien. Late Sung
period. 225
_Manchu Royal House Collection._

14 Aborigines of South China, of the "Black Miao" tribe,
at a festival. China-ink drawing of the eighteenth
century. 272
_Collection of the Museum fuer Voelkerkunde, Berlin. No. 1D
8756, 68._

15 Pavilion on the "Coal Hill" at Peking, in which the last
Ming emperor committed suicide. 273
_Photo Eberhard._

16 The imperial summer palace of the Manchu rulers, at
Jehol. 288
_Photo H. Hammer-Morrisson._

17 Tower on the city wall of Peking. 289
_Photo H. Hammer-Morrisson._