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Paradise of Bhaishajyaguru, ink and colours on silk
This large painting is devoted to Bhaishajyaguru, the Buddha…
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Paradise of Bhaishajyaguru, ink and colours on silk
Sutras and rituals connected to Bhaishajyaguru, the Buddha …
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Paradise of Maitreya, ink and colours on silk
The subject of this complex painting can be identified from …
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Paradise of Shakyamuni, with illustrations of episodes from the Baoen Sutra, ink and colours on silk
In this Pure Land, or Paradise painting, Shakyamuni , the hi…
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Patchwork of silk, probably a kasaya
Sir Marc Aurel Stein originally suggested that this large pa…
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Porcelain bowl with armorial-style decoration
This bowl is painted with four armorial-style shields contai…
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Porcelain Ding ware bowl
This bowl was produced at the Ding kilns in Hebei province, …
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Porcelain figure of a god
The kilns at Dehua have been in production for almost one th…
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Porcelain seal-paste box
After the overthrow of the Qing dynasty in 1911, private com…
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Pottery amphora
Clay was first turned into pottery in China nearly nine thou…
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Red earthenware bowl
This earthenware bowl is a bright orange-red in colour, and …
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Representations of Famous Buddhist Images, ink and colours on silk (fragments)
These fragments are from a large painting, several parts of …
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Ru ware cup-stand
Ru is the rarest of all the major Chinese ceramic wares. Unt…
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Samantabhadra and Manjushri, ink and colours on silk
These large paintings were originally paired. Although paint…
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Samantabhadra, ink and colours on a silk banner
The triangular top and the streamers of this temple flag or …
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Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on a silk banner
This painting was executed in a more sketchy style than othe…
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Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on silk
At the time of the birth of the historical Buddha, Shakyamun…
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Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on silk
This painting was part of a series representing the life of …
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Sesso Toyo, Haboku-style landscape, a hanging scroll painting
For the haboku ('broken ink') style, the artist uses no outl…
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Shakyamuni preaching on the Vulture Peak, silk embroidery on hemp cloth
This is one of the largest known examples of Chinese embroid…
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Silk altar valance
Silk valances liek this were originally used on the altars o…
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Silk embroidery panel with flowers and ducks
This large piece of embroidery was found folded over and sew…
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Sketches for illustrations to the Vimalakirtinirdesha Sutra, ink and colours on paper
This long strip comprises three sheets of paper pasted toget…
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Stemcup with sea creatures
The short reign of Emperor Xuande (1426-35) was very signifi…
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Stencil for a five-figure Buddha group, painting on paper
This stencil (or pounce) is one of very few to survive, and …
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Stoneware figure of Budai ('Laughing Buddha')
The fat, smiling monk Budai is a popular figure in Chinese B…
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Stoneware luohan
This figure was made in the Liao dynasty, following the scul…
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Stoneware storage jar
This large, globular storage jar is a good example of the hi…
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Talisman of the Pole Star, ink and colours on paper
The lower section of this painting is occupied by Chinese wr…
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Tejaprabha Buddha and the Five Planets, ink and colours on silk
This painting shows a very rare form of the Buddha, named in…
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Silk Princess painting
During his first expedition to Chinese Central Asia in 1900-…
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Thousand-armed, thousand-eyed Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on silk
The figure of the thousand-armed, thousand-eyed bodhisattva…
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Thousand-armed, Thousand-eyed Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on silk
The bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara, sits upon a …
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Travelling monk, ink and colours on paper
This painting shows a travelling monk, wearing a hat, holdin…
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Two standing Avalokiteshvara, ink and colour on silk
The painting shows two almost identical figures of Avalokite…
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Vaishravana riding across the waters, a painting on silk
This is one of the best depictions of Vaishravana, Guardian …
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Vaishravana with attendants, a woodblock print on paper
This is one of the earliest dated examples of printing. The …
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Vajrapani, ink and colours on a silk banner
Vajrapani is a Buddhist guardian figure, characteristically …
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Vajrapani, ink and colours on silk
This painting is an excellent example of the calligraphic pa…
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Virupaksha, Guardian of the West, ink and colours on a silk banner
Although the bottom streamers are now kept separately, this …
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Water-Moon Guanyin, ink and colours on paper
Guanyin, the Chinese name for Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisat…
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Water-Moon Guanyin, ink and colours on paper
Guanyin, the Chinese name for Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisat…
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Wooden figure of Avalokiteshvara
Wooden sculptures, life-size and larger, were common in nort…
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Yue ware water dropper
Yue wares are named after the region in which they are made,…
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Bamboo tally
Bamboo tallies are token forms of money. The inscription on …
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Bronze banliang coin
The Chinese inscription on this coin reads banliang , with b…
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Bronze hollow handle spade money
This early Chinese spade money is described as a hollow hand…
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Chocolate money
This piece of chocolate money is in the form of Chinese silv…
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Coin tree of brass Guangxu zhongbao coins
Until the 1880s, all Chinese coins were cast in moulds, whil…
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Lucky red envelope containing a Hong Kong 1 cent note
The inscription on this note is presented in a frame, remini…
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Money envelope with an illustration of ancient money
This envelope has a four-character inscription across the to…
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Money envelope with an illustration of traditional money
The inscription on this tall red envelope translates as 'Goo…
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Silver 8-reales of the Mexican Republic with Chinese chopmarks
European trade with China began in 1517 when Portuguese merc…
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Silver ingot weighing 50 ounces
Until 1890 there was no official silver coinage in China. In…
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Jade cup of Ulugh Beg
The handle of this cup is carved as a chi , or hornless Chin…
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Porcelain flask
In the absence of strong glass bottles, the flask form (orig…
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Dragon tiles
These ceramic tiles once decorated the roof ridges of small …
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Abacus, made by Qian Hasun
Chinese mathematicians developed a counting system based on …
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Chinese bronze bell
Music was an essential part of court life in ancient China a…
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Silver cup
The idea of using these precious metals for religious object…
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珍珠母嵌花青銅鏡
在顧愷之的名作…
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Landscape painting, Tang Yin
In the foreground, a scholar sits in his rustic cottage and …
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Xu Bing, Book from the Sky
Xu Bing’s volumes are composed of 4,000 self-invented …
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Bird and Bamboo
The album leaf is from the Ten Bamboo Studio Collection of C…
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Painted clay and wood figure of a horse
Astana was a cemetery site along the Northern Silk Route exp…
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Porcelain soup plate made for Lord Anson
Highly prized for its translucency and durability, Chinese p…
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Silver coin of Hormizd IV
This silver coin was found in the mouth of a person buried i…
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String of 800 cash
As each individual coin was worth very little, cash coins of…
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