Bone carving of bird found in spoil heap 'oldest work of Chinese art'

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‘It identifies an original artistic tradition,’ researcher says

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“It also has several technological and stylistic elements distinguishing it from contemporaneous representations of birdlike creatures from Western Europe and Siberia – such as the pedestal on which the bird is perched.”He added: “Though more examples of Paleolithic carving art are needed to confirm this possibility, the Lingjing bird figurine suggests the presence of a longstanding artistic tradition specific to East Asia, with origins much earlier.

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