Uncategorized 18 000 Bce Pottery Between 6 000 bce and 4 000 bce 8000 to 6 000 years ago there is evidence of 1 painted pottery showing elaborate designs using sophisticated symmetries and 2 layout of prestige buildings eg temples shrines showing architectural competency in geometric design parallel lines application of Up until the jiangxi discovery the earliest art of this type was the yuchanyan cave pottery 16 000 bce discovered in china s hunan province