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Work ID C01Q00004
Title Seated Bodhisattva
Creation Date Jin Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.1115
End Year Date A.D.1234
Dynasty 43 Jin Dynasty (A.D. 1115~1234)
Creation Place China
Measurements Height: 82 cm
Material Wood
Type Buddhist and Taoist Sculpture
Subject Buddhist images
Repository Liang-sheng Tang Collection
ImageV ID C01Q00004AS001
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Work ID C03S00034
Title Buddhist Monk
Creation Date Liao Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.916
End Year Date A.D.1125
Dynasty 38 Liao Dynasty (A.D. 916~1125)
Creation Place China
Measurements Height: 64 cm
Material Marble
Type Buddhist and Taoist Sculpture
Repository Aurora Foundation Collection
ImageV ID C03S00034AS001
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Work ID M010C0007AA
Title Porcelain gourd-shaped snuff bottle with intertwined floral design in famille rose
Creation Date Jia-qing reign, Qing Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.1796
End Year Date A.D.1820
Dynasty 68 Jia-qing reign (A.D. 1796~1820)
Creation Place China
Measurements Height: 7.2 cm
Material Porcelain
Form Bi-yan-hu (snuff bottle)
Type Snuff bottles
Subject Vegetable
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M010C0007AS004
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Work ID M010F0030
Title Red sandalwood ru-yi scepter, with medallions inlaid with jade and back of shaft inscribed with Emperor Qian-long's prose-poem of 1773
Creation Date Qian-long reign, Qing Dynasty, dated 1773
Start Year Date A.D.1773
End Year Date A.D.1773
Dynasty 67 Qian-long reign (A.D. 1736~1795)
Creation Place China
Measurements Length: 46.1 cm; Width(head): 10.3 cm; Height: 8.5 cm; Weight: 719.9g
Material Red sandalwood
Form Ru-yi scepter
Type Ru-yi scepters
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description A Ruyi with three inlays. The white jade inlaid on the elliptical head is embossed with a Ming decorative motif of cloud and a parent dragon and a little dragon surrounded by asters and leaves. The stem bulges in the middle and is inlaid with an elliptical white jade embossed with another Ming decorative motif of two dragons playing with a ball. The tip is inlaid with a round white jade, also embossed with two dragons playing with a ball. The stem is embossed with the "Paintings of the ancient pieces" which is based on an imperial painting collection from the palace of Emperor Faizhong of northern Song. The embossment is composed of a copper vessel for eatery, a ding (a bronze cooking ware), a vase with flowers and branches on which a qing (a bell, musical instrument) and fish are hung. The lower part is embossed with a square ding, a vase with a plum tree, caskets and books, etc. The stem becomes wider towards the tip. The back has silver-inlaid inscription of a spring song made during the thirty-eighth year of the Qianlong reign. Another carved inscription inlaid with red paint writes, "Officer Minchung and Jinshu." The tip is attached with a pair of light yellow tassels, and a decorative knot.
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Work ID M01A00091
Title Cup with grape design in dou-cai enamels
Creation Date Cheng-hua reign, Ming Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.1465
End Year Date A.D.1487
Dynasty 54 Cheng-hua reign (A.D. 1465~1487)
Kiln Cheng-hua ware
Creation Place China
Measurements Height: 4.7 cm; Diameter (mouth): 7.6 cm; Diameter (base): 3.0 cm
Material Porcelain
Form Bei (cup)
Type Ceramics
Subject Vegetable
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description This stemcup is plain inside, and its exterior depicts two shrubs of grapes, containing both the mature and the immature ones. The red enamel is used to paint mature grapes, which appear extraordinarily vitreous with the adding of light purple enamel. The grapes are flanked by verdant leaves and bamboo. Cobalt blue is used to depict the plains. Chenghua doucai outlines the silhouette with cobalt blue and fills it with brilliant enamels, thus forming a sharp picture. This is a special achievement of the Chenghua imperial kilns, and the court appreciates it. Chenghua doucai was particularly reputable in the Wanli period, and it could fetch a high price. Literati and connoisseurs studied and recorded them in detail. Extant Chenghua doucai grapes cups are extremely rare. The reign mark, "made in the Chenghua period of Great Ming," is inscribed in a double rectangular case on the base.
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Work ID M01A00092
Title Dish with lotus pond in wu-cai enamels
Creation Date Cheng-hua reign, Ming Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.1465
End Year Date A.D.1487
Dynasty 54 Cheng-hua reign (A.D. 1465~1487)
Kiln Cheng-hua ware
Creation Place China
Measurements Height: 3.8 cm; Diameter (mouth): 16.8 cm; Diameter (base): 10.4 cm
Material Porcelain
Form Pan (large dish)
Type Ceramics
Subject Birds
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description The saucer has a flat center, shallow rounded sides, a flared rim, and a line of Tibetan characters that surrounds the rim. The center has three layers of lotus and two pairs of mandarin ducks. One mandarin duck looks down from the sky while the other amuses itself in the water. The other pair of mandarin ducks paddles leisurely in the water, which is decorated with water lilies. There are four bushes of lotus and four mandarin ducks on the exterior, and each mandarin duck engages in a lonesome paddle. This colorful picture of mandarin ducks in a lotus pond is formed by drawing the silhouettes of the genre in underglaze blue, and then followed by coloring them with overglaze red, green, and brown enamels. Within the foot ring is the reign mark - "made in the Chenghua period of Great Ming" - within a double ring.
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Work ID M01A00135
Title Censer with openwork decor in wucai enamels
Creation Date Kang-xi reign, Qing Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.1662
End Year Date A.D.1722
Dynasty 65 Kang-xi reign (A.D. 1662~1722)
Kiln Kang-xi ware
Creation Place China
Material Porcelain
Form Xiang-xun, Hua-xun (perfumer)
Type Ceramics
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01A00135AS002
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Work ID M01A00135
Title Censer with openwork decor in wucai enamels
Creation Date Kang-xi reign, Qing Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.1662
End Year Date A.D.1722
Dynasty 65 Kang-xi reign (A.D. 1662~1722)
Kiln Kang-xi ware
Creation Place China
Material Porcelain
Form Xiang-xun, Hua-xun (perfumer)
Type Ceramics
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01A00135AS005
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Work ID M01B00016
Title Bronze Bell with Rui-bin inscription
Creation Date Chong-ning reign, Northern Song Dynasty, dated 1105
Start Year Date A.D.1105
End Year Date A.D.1105
Dynasty 40 Northern Song (A.D. 960~1127)
Creation Place China
Measurements Height: 27.4 cm
Material Bronze
Form Bo-zhong (Bell)
Type Bronzes
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01B00016AS003
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Work ID M01B00054
Title Bronze Yi vessel with miniature-human feet
Creation Date Late Western Zhou Dynasty
Start Year Date B.C.850
End Year Date B.C.771
Dynasty 07 Western Zhou (c ~771 B.C.)
Creation Place China
Measurements Height: cm; Weight: 5200g
Material Bronze
Form Yi (water vessel)
Type Bronzes
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description This vessel is composed of a strange four-legged creature climbing on a sauceboat-shaped vessel and thus forming the handle. The creature clings onto the rim of the vessel with his front legs, while its head, with a pair of large diamond-shaped horns pokes into the vessel as if he could no longer bear the thirst and desperately wants to get a few sips of the fresh water. The design is not only lively and animated, but also cleverly pronounces its function, all of which fully reflects the ingenuity of its creator. The vessel is supported on four legs in the form of miniature persons with their hands clasped together, a design very rarely seen.Beneath the rim are T-shaped hooks formed by zoomorphic animals. The belly is decorated with parallel sunken grooves often seen in the late Western Zhou.
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Work ID M01B00056
Title Bronze Yi vessel with Fu Shu inscription
Creation Date Late Western Zhou Dynasty
Start Year Date B.C.850
End Year Date B.C.771
Dynasty 07 Western Zhou (c ~771 B.C.)
Creation Place China
Measurements Height: 19.2 cm; Weight: 3000g
Material Bronze
Form Yi (water vessel)
Type Bronzes
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description This vessel is in the shape of a four-legged creature. The head is the spout, and from the mouth water can flow out freely. The eyes of the creature are round and protruding, and on its forehead there is a pair of spiral horns. The belly of the vessel is full and round. On the lid is a loop ring and another half ring looped to the vessel's handle to allow easy opening and closing. The whole vessel is decorated with Zoomorphic T-hook shaped patterns. The pattern turns and curves to the shape of the body, and leaves no undecorated spaces aside from the bottom of the vessel. Even the handle is decorated with an animal head, and the fat rings that are looped to the handle are in the form of two small dragons with their tails intertwined. The four feet of the creature are decorated with incised lines of cloud patterns.Identical inscriptions of five characters are in the inside cover of the lid and the inside bottom of the vessel. It is transcribed fushu. This clearly indicates the name of the vessel yi as well as the name of the vessel owner fushu .
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Work ID M01C00008
Title Segmented bi disk with grain pattern
Creation Date Han Dynasty
Start Year Date B.C.206
End Year Date A.D.220
Dynasty 12 Han Dynasty (206 B.C.~A.D.220)
Creation Place China
Measurements Diameter: 17.8 cm; Thickness: 0.6 cm
Material Jade
Form Ban Bi (segmented jade bi disk)
Type Jades and Other Precious Stones
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description Carved of green jade, the disc appears dark brownish red and opaque. Green jades with such dark color are made possible only through long-term handling. The National Palace Museum(Taipei) houses many objects for handling, and it is a unique characteristic of the jade collection of the museum.Grain patterns are carved on the pendants in delicate, low relief.The interior and exterior edges are shaped in half-disc. The surface is clear and decorated with right-drilled patterns, which resemble grains. Evidently, this is a product of the Warring States period. In the Qing Dynasty, it was collected by the court, and cut into half by the court artisans. The cut surface was fired and polished in order to give a consistent look with the rest of the disc. The edge is inscribed with a poem composed by the Qianlong emperor.
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Work ID M01C00090
Title Jade gui tablet
Creation Date Late Neolithic Period to Erlitou Culture (Xia Dynasty)
Start Year Date B.C.5000
End Year Date B.C.1500
Dynasty 04 Xia Dynasty (c ~ 1600 B.C.)
Culture Erlitou Culture
Creation Place China
Measurements Length: 30.7 cm; Width: 7.2 cm; Thickness: 1.05 cm
Material Jade
Form Gui (jade Gui)
Type Jades and Other Precious Stones
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01C00090AS004
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Work ID M01C00171
Title Bird-shaped jade water-holder
Creation Date Ming Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.1368
End Year Date A.D.1644
Dynasty 45 Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368~1644)
Creation Place China
Measurements Length: 4.6 cm; Width: 7.4 cm; Height: 9.1 cm
Material Jade
Form Shui zhu (water dropper)
Type Jades and Other Precious Stones
Subject Birds
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description This water container is made of a piece of white jade. The sculptor carved a simple and natural gesture of the bird, as well as preserving the best of the jade, its lustrous surface and full and fine texture. The sculptor designed and shaped the jade with skillful techniques to achieve a life-like image of the bird with a smooth flow from the head to the tail. The bird appears to stand calmly and peacefully. The wings and feathers are carved in relief, and the layers are clearly shown.
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Work ID M01E00005
Title Flowers
Creation Date Jia-jing reign, Ming Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.1522
End Year Date A.D.1566
Dynasty 57 Jia-jing reign (A.D. 1522~1566)
Creator Chen Chun
Creation Place China
Measurements 31.6 x 741 cm
Material Ink on paper
Form Shou-juan (hand scroll)
Type Painting
Subject Flowers and Plants
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01E00005AS014
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Work ID M01E00005
Title Flowers
Creation Date Jia-jing reign, Ming Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.1522
End Year Date A.D.1566
Dynasty 57 Jia-jing reign (A.D. 1522~1566)
Creator Chen Chun
Creation Place China
Measurements 31.6 x 741 cm
Material Ink on paper
Form Shou-juan (hand scroll)
Type Painting
Subject Flowers and Plants
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01E00005AS017
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Work ID M01E00118
Title Zunti
Creation Date Ming Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.1368
End Year Date A.D.1644
Dynasty 45 Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368~1644)
Creator Anonymous, Ming Dynasty
Creation Place China
Measurements x 81.1 cm
Material Gold ink and color on paper
Form Li-zhou (hanging scroll)
Type Painting
Subject Buddhist images
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01E00118AS003
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Work ID M01E00268
Title A Palace Concert
Creation Date Tang Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.618
End Year Date A.D.907
Dynasty 36 Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618~907)
Creator Anonymous, Tang Dynasty
Creation Place China
Measurements 48.7 x 69.5 cm
Material Ink and color on silk
Form Li-zhou (hanging scroll)
Type Painting
Subject Figure
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description In this painting, twelve palace ladies sit around a long table, possibly drinking tea or wine. Among them, four play musical instruments to add to the festive atmosphere. From right to left these instruments are: a hujia reed pipe (also called a bili), a pipa lute, an ancient zheng zither, and a sheng pipe. Of the two women who stand nearby, one strikes a clapper to keep time to the music.Perhaps over a thousand years have passed since A Palace Concert was painted, and consequently, the silk is worn in many places. Yet, the pigments appear as bright as when the painting was new. Notice the rouge on the ladies' faces and the scarlet skirts and scarves they wear. Because the painting was first treated with a base of lead and then a thick layer of glue, the colors have not flaked off to a serious degree. Even today the fine patterns on the clothing can be clearly distinguished. As an example of painting characterized by fine brushwork and bright colors, A Palace Concert testifies to the impressive achievements of Tang artists.
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Work ID M01F00015AA
Title Tantra (Vol.1)
Creation Date Xuan-de reign, Ming Dynasty, dated 1428
Start Year Date A.D.1428
End Year Date A.D.1428
Dynasty 50 Xuan-de reign (A.D. 1426~1435)
Creation Place China
Measurements 21.4 x 9.5 cm each leaf
Material Folding book, ink and color on paper
Form Ce-ye (album leaf)
Type Rare Books and Buddhist canonical literature
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01F00015AS086
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Work ID M01F00015AA
Title Tantra (Vol.1)
Creation Date Xuan-de reign, Ming Dynasty, dated 1428
Start Year Date A.D.1428
End Year Date A.D.1428
Dynasty 50 Xuan-de reign (A.D. 1426~1435)
Creation Place China
Measurements 21.4 x 9.5 cm each leaf
Material Folding book, ink and color on paper
Form Ce-ye (album leaf)
Type Rare Books and Buddhist canonical literature
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01F00015AS102
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Work ID M01F00015AA
Title Tantra (Vol.1)
Creation Date Xuan-de reign, Ming Dynasty, dated 1428
Start Year Date A.D.1428
End Year Date A.D.1428
Dynasty 50 Xuan-de reign (A.D. 1426~1435)
Creation Place China
Measurements 21.4 x 9.5 cm each leaf
Material Folding book, ink and color on paper
Form Ce-ye (album leaf)
Type Rare Books and Buddhist canonical literature
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01F00015AS103
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Work ID M01F00015AB
Title Tantra (Vol.2)
Creation Date Xuan-de reign, Ming Dynasty, dated 1428
Start Year Date A.D.1428
End Year Date A.D.1428
Dynasty 50 Xuan-de reign (A.D. 1426~1435)
Creation Place China
Measurements 21.4 x 9.5 cm each leaf
Material Folding book, ink and color on paper
Form Ce-ye (album leaf)
Type Rare Books and Buddhist canonical literature
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01F00015AS268
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Work ID M01F00020AA
Title Guan-yin Sutra of Great Compassion (vol.1)
Creation Date Ming Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.1368
End Year Date A.D.1644
Dynasty 45 Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368~1644)
Creation Place China
Measurements 22.1 x 8.3 cm
Material Folding book, gold ink on paper
Form Ce-ye (album leaf)
Type Rare Books and Buddhist canonical literature
Subject Buddhist images
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01F00020AS002
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Work ID M01I00001
Title Cloisonne fang vessel with dragon and phoenix decor
Creation Date Ming Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.1368
End Year Date A.D.1644
Dynasty 45 Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368~1644)
Creation Place China
Measurements Height: 37.5 cm; Width(bell): 22.0 cm
Material Enamel
Form Fang (wine vessel)
Type Enamelware
Subject Dragon
Repository The National Palace Museum, Taipei
ImageV ID M01I00001AS008
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Work ID M06K00001AC
Title Silver filigreen netting
Creation Date Liao Dynasty
Start Year Date A.D.916
End Year Date A.D.1125
Dynasty 38 Liao Dynasty (A.D. 916~1125)
Creation Place China
Measurements Length: 168 cm
Material Silver
Type Gold and Silver ware
Repository Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics, Neimenggu Autonomous Region
ImageV ID M06K00001AS007
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