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1. Explore one of the linked resources

2. Select an piece you find interesting

3. Add it to this padlet WITH a short description that includes a connection to what we have learned.

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The "Master Wuyong Scroll" illustrates the Fuchun Mountains, highlighting the balance between nature and the innovations of the Tang and Song dynasties. This period saw important developments in printing, ceramics, and agriculture, leading to a cultural revival. The artwork connects the beauty of nature with the progress of society in shaping modern China

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This square golden seal "Imperial Seal of Emperor Wen with a dragon knob belonged to Zhao Mo, the second-generation king of the Nanyue Kingdom. It is the biggest Western Han golden seal that has been discovered in archaeological excavations. It connects to our inventions because it shows the power of the Kings-Empires.

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Gold Seal of Emperor Wen - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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It is inscribed with four Chinese characters that carry the meaning of “Administrative Seal of Emperor Wen”, it should be a seal used by the King to issue…

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This represents what we are looking at because it is a porcelain vase. This is better way to store food, spices, or drinks such as wine. This will keep everything at a good temperature so nothing goes bad. It will also help disease's not spread because it is a more sanitary way of storing food, spices, or drinks.

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Porcelain Pillow with Design of a Lotus-holding Child, Ding ware - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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This pillow is a perfect combination of the shaping, stamping, sgraffito techniques of the Ding kiln. It has insurmountable aesthetic value.

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This pillow is a perfect combination of the shaping, stamping, sgraffito techniques of the Ding kiln. It has insurmountable aesthetic value.

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Porcelain Pillow with Design of a Lotus-holding Child, Ding ware - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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This pillow is a perfect combination of the shaping, stamping, sgraffito techniques of the Ding kiln. It has insurmountable aesthetic value.

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This belonged to Zhao Mo the second generation king of the Nanyue Kingdom In China. This signifies the conferral of the Mandate of Heaven. It pretty much represents that he has the right to rule the empire. It was a symbol of power to he emperor of that empire.

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Gold Seal of Emperor Wen - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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It is inscribed with four Chinese characters that carry the meaning of “Administrative Seal of Emperor Wen”, it should be a seal used by the King to issue…

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The pot is a cooking utensil with two parts, both made of bronze, made for boiling. They are hanged on hooks together with the tripods. This helped develop the modern pots that we use everyday for cooking.

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Bronze”Mou”, Iron Hooks,Bronze”Fu Zeng” - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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Many cooking utensils are excavated in the tomb of the Nanyue king.A Mou is used for boiling. They are hanged on hooks together with the tripods. A Fu Zeng…

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I think this is related to what we have learned in class because we learned about porcelain and how it was a more efficient and sanitary way to store goods

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Jade Box - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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This jade box is carved out of a piece of greenish jade. The lid and the box are linked together. The patterns on the lid have three main groups. The jade…

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I thought this item looked cool becuase I have seen one of these at my grandma's house and this one looks like it's been used a lot and it's very old. This tool was used to grind up herbs to make medicine. This is what we use for medicine which is connected to modern-day medicine like how people used medicine to help cure diseases.

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Medicines and Grinding Tools - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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Medicines and grinding tools are uncovered in the west chamber. The medicine has a dark grey color and a fluffy texture, it is probably Chinese herbs. Besi…

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I chose it because common techniques used in Ding products include stamping, carving and sgraffito. At the top there are incised peony motifs. The sides are decorated with a curly grass pattern.

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Sgraffito Porcelain Pillow, Ding ware - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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Ding wares edge over other porcelain works because of their versatile decorative patterns. Common techniques employed in Ding wares include stamping, carvi…

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I thought this was interesting because it looks familiar and I realized it relates to what we have been learning. This connects with China because their religion is mostly Buddhism. This is Buddha the symbol of Buddhism. So in class, we have been learning about China and the Chang dynasty and how they connect in certain ways.

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I think this is interesting because this item was used to make medicine and grind things. In present times, we use this to crush things or sometimes make and mix spices.

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Medicines and Grinding Tools - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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Medicines and grinding tools are uncovered in the west chamber. The medicine has a dark grey color and a fluffy texture, it is probably Chinese herbs. Besi…

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I chose this porcelain printed pillow that shows writing like poems and works of art because it has impacted our life today. The printing of songs and works of art from a printer box was a way of sharing literary works of art. Now, we have more efficient ways of printing and writing which is why the ways of block printing impacted our life today.

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Porcelain Pillow Imprinted with Poems and Literary Works of Su Shi (1037-1101 A.D.) - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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This porcelain pillow from the Northern Song Dynasty by the Cizhou kiln has three Chinese characters indicating that it was made by the Zhang Family. A Ci-…

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In a tomb four of these were found with this one being the only one to be recovered. 41 cm in diameter, its the largest bronze mirror with paintings from the Han dynasty to have been found. I found it interesting because it was the first one I saw.

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Bronze Mirror with Paintings - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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Among the four bronze mirrors unearthed from the tomb, rust remove treatment is only done on this one. It has a diameter of 41cm. It is the largest bronze…

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It is a piece of jade open-carved on the two sides, found on the left shoulder of the deceased king. The middle is a rectangular frame, with a spiral cloud on the top, and a phoenix at the bottom. The lower beam of the rectangular frame had been broken, but the Nanyue craftsmen cleverly repaired it with two little H-shaped golden bridges, without changing the original style of the ornament.

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Jade Ornament with Phoenix Pattern - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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It is a piece of jade open-carved on the two sides, found on the left shoulder of the deceased king. The middle is a rectangular frame, with a spiral cloud…

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this item connects to what we were learning because in the middle it says "the kings order to muster the troops." this means the king is ordering the troops to protect the country from intruders and this is why the lion's mouth is open yelling at them.

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Tiger-shaped “Jie” with Gold-inlay Inscription - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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This bronze Jie was molded flat into the shape of a squatting tiger, with its mouth widely opened and tail curled into the shape of the numeral eight (8).…

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This is a box that people use to store spices, salt and a lot of other stuff and you can also store stuff that is medicine related and people use to store it because there was not many good spots to put stuff - Dempsey Kurtz

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Persian-styled Silver Box - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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This oval shaped silver box is uncovered in the “foot box” of the Nanyue King. The design and craftsmanship were distinctive of the ancient Persians. Arche…

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they made it so medicine was easier to make. it represents how medicine was made and how it helped people. it also helped with making food and grinding up anything that would need to be grinded.

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Medicines and Grinding Tools - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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Medicines and grinding tools are uncovered in the west chamber. The medicine has a dark grey color and a fluffy texture, it is probably Chinese herbs. Besi…

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Chuiwan was the Chinese equivalent of golf. Both emperors from the Song and Jin Dynasty enjoyed playing this game. The ball is more refined than a modern golf ball. This sport became popular, and part of people's everyday life back then.

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White chuiwan ball - Google Arts & Culture

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Chuiwan, which means striking a ball with a stick, was the ancient Chinese equivalent of golf. According to Wan Treatise (Wan Jing Ji Xu), “both Emperor Hu…

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I think this is interesting because it is a grinding tool for spices and when doctors or people wanted to make medicine they were able to because of this and they were able to grind there things.

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Medicines and Grinding Tools - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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Medicines and grinding tools are uncovered in the west chamber. The medicine has a dark grey color and a fluffy texture, it is probably Chinese herbs. Besi…

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The "Jade Dancing Figurines" are very unique shapes. They are very common among tombs of Princes.

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Jade Dancing Figurines - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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Five jade dancing figures are excavated in the tomb of the Nanyue king. They are precious evidence which can facilitate research on music and dancing in th…

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I chouse this because it looked cool and has an intersting history. This was made for the King especially after his death and wraped around his body.

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Shroud Sewn with Silk Thread - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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The jade burial suit was specially designed for the king’s corpse. Stretching 1.73 meters in length, the garment was made up of 2,291 pieces of jade with s…

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This was owned by Zhao Mo, He was the second generation king in a city in China.This relates because the conferral of the mandate of heaven.It represents that he's rules the empire.

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Gold Seal of Emperor Wen - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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It is inscribed with four Chinese characters that carry the meaning of “Administrative Seal of Emperor Wen”, it should be a seal used by the King to issue…

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I picked this object because I thought it was interesting and showed the past of these dynasties. The dynasty back then had a big boom in art and started drawing more landscape art. This art shows mountains located somewhere in China. You can also see some Chinese figures in the corner possibly depicting the drawing.

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Inscription: No artist's inscription, signature, or seal

Frontispiece

Unidentified artist, 1 column in standard script, undated:

Summer Mountains by Yan Wengui

燕文貴 《夏山圖》

Other inscription

Qing emperor Qianlong 清帝乾隆 (r. 1736-1795), 12 columns in semi-cursive script, dated 1748; 1 double seal:

This elegant painting is very old;
The Xuanhe seals [of the Song emperor Huizong, r. 1101-1125] makes it even more precious.
The objects [in the painting] appear full of life,
As if the trees and rocks were drawn from nature.
The lush foliage of the summer mountains is moist;
The sunny gorges hum with increasing waves.
Perching hundreds of feet high, the pavilions appear spacious.
How would it feel to lean on a railing and enjoy this view?
Imperially inscribed in the first lunar month of the wuchen year (1748).[1]

古秀芸芬歲月多，錦題珍重印宣和。
即看與物開生面，渾是臨池寫擘窠。
如滴夏山常罨翠，欲鳴晴峽漸增波。
高棲百尺軒而敞，試一憑欄快若何。
戊辰新正月御題。 [印]： 乾、隆

Collectors' seals

Song emperor Huizong 宋徽宗 (r. 1101-1125)
Daguan 大觀
Xuanhe 宣和

Ming palace inventory half-seal (1373-1384)
? ? ? ? Si yin 囗囗囗囗司印

Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 (1620-1691)
Jiaolin Jushi 蕉林居士
Ye Xi yuyin 冶溪漁隱
Cangyanzi 蒼岩子
Guan qi dalue 觀其大略
Jiaolin shoucang 蕉林收藏
Jiaolin Liang shi shuhua zhi yin 蕉林梁氏書畫之印
Jiaolin Shuwu 蕉林書屋

Qing emperor Qianlong 清帝乾隆 (r. 1736-1795)
Wufuwudai Tang guxi tianzi bao 五福五代堂古稀天子寳
Bazheng maonian zhi bao 八徵耄念之寳
Taishang huangdi zhi bao 太上皇帝之寳
shou 壽
Guxi tianzi 古希天子
Baoji chongbian 寳笈重編
Shiqu baojian 石渠寳鋻
Sanxi Tang jingjian xi 三希堂精鋻璽
Shiqu baoji 石渠寳笈
Jishi duo suo xin 即事多所欣
Wan you tong chun 萬有同春
Qianlong yulan zhi bao 乾隆御覽之寳
Qianlong jianshang 乾隆鋻賞
Yi zisun 宜子孫

Qing emperor Jiaqing 清帝嘉慶 (r. 1796-1820)
Jiaqing yulan zhi bao 嘉慶御覽之寳

Qing emperor Xuantong 清帝宣統 (r. 1909-1911)
Xuantong yulan zhi bao 宣統御覽之寳
Xuantong jianshang 宣統鋻賞
Wuyi Zhai jingjian xi 無逸齋精鋻璽

Wang Jiqian 王季遷 (C. C. Wang, 1907-2003)
Zhenze Wang shi Jiqian shoucang 震澤王氏季遷收藏
Huaiyun Lou jianshang shuhua zhi ji 懷雲樓鋻賞書畫之記

Illegible: 1

[1] Translation from Department records.

C. C. Wang , New York (until 1973; sold to The Dillon Fund); The Dillon Fund , New York (1973; donated to MMA)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Song and Yuan Paintings: Exhibition of Newly Acquired Chinese Paintings," November 1, 1973-January 20, 1974.

London. British Museum. "Song and Yuan Paintings," November 7, 1975-January 4, 1976.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Summer Mountains: The Timeless Landscape," April 9-October 3, 1976.

Princeton University Art Museum. "Images of the Mind: Selections from the Edward L. Elliot Family and John B. Elliott Collections of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University," April 15-June 17, 1984.

Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art. "Landscape Painting in the East and West," April 17, 1986-June 1, 1986.

Kobe City Museum. "Landscape Painting in the East and West," June 7, 1986-July 13, 1986.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Images of the Mind: Selections from the Edward L. Elliot Family and John B. Elliott Collections of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University," September 18, 1987-January 10, 1988.

Zurich. Museum Rietberg. "The Mandate of Heaven: Emperors and Artists in China," April 2, 1996-July 7, 1996.

Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. "The Mandate of Heaven: Emperors and Artists in China," August 3, 1996-November 10, 1996.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The New Chinese Galleries: An Inaugural Installation," 1997.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C.C.Wang Family Collection," September 2, 1999-January 9, 2000.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The World of Scholars' Rocks: Gardens, Studios, and Paintings," February 1-August 20, 2000.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A Millennium of Chinese Painting: Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection," September 8, 2001-January 13, 2002.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Douglas Dillon Legacy: Chinese Painting for the Metropolitan Museum," March 12-August 8, 2004.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Four Seasons," January 28-August 13, 2006.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Anatomy of a Masterpiece: How to Read Chinese Paintings," March 1-August 10, 2008.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717)," September 9, 2008-January 4, 2009.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Chinese Gardens: Pavilions, Studios, Retreats," August 18, 2012-January 6, 2013.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the Metropolitan Collection (Rotation Two)," May 7-October 11, 2016.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Up Close," January 25, 2020-June 27, 2021.

Wang Jie 王杰 et al. Midian zhulin shiqu baoji xubian 秘殿珠林石渠寶笈續編 (Catalogue of painting and calligraphy in the Qianlong imperial collection, second series). Preface dated 1793. Facsimile reprint of an original manuscript copy. 8 vols. vol. 2, Taipei: National Palace Museum, 1971, pp. 931-32.

Fong, Wen C., and Marilyn Fu. Sung and Yuan Paintings. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973, pp. 17-27, 138, cat. no. 1.

Fong, Wen C. Summer Mountains: The Timeless Landscape. Exh. cat. [New York]: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975, cat. no. 13, figs. 14, 15, 18, 20.

Cahill, James. An Index of Early Chinese Painters and Paintings: T'ang, Sung, and Yüan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980.

Suzuki Kei 鈴木敬, ed. Chûgoku kaiga sogo zuroku: Daiikan, Amerika-Kanada Hen 中國繪畫總合圖錄: 第一卷 アメリカ - カナダ 編 (Comprehensive illustrated catalog of Chinese paintings: vol. 1 American and Canadian collections) Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982, p. 9, cat. no. A1-017.

Barnhart, Richard M. Along the Border of Heaven: Sung and Yüan Paintings from the C. C. Wang Family Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983, pp. 38-39, figs. 7-8.

Howard, Kathleen, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983, p. 258, fig. 41.

Fong, Wen C. et al. Images of the Mind: Selections from the Edward L. Elliott Family and John B. Elliott Collections of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University. Exh. cat. Princeton, N.J.: Art Museum, Princeton University in association with Princeton University Press, 1984, p. 44, fig. 47.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asia. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987, pp. 60-61, cat. no. 34.

Fong, Wen C. Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 8th-14th Century. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, pp. 70, 88-91, pls. 10, 10a.

Burn, Barbara, ed. Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993, pp. 176-77.

Howard, Kathleen, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. 2nd ed., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, p. 110, fig. 41.

Törmä, Minna. Landscape Experience as Visual Narrative: Northern Song Dynasty Landscape Handscrolls in the Li Cheng-Yan Wengui Tradition. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2002, p. 107, figs. 3-3.31.

Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. Accumulating Culture: The Collections of Emperor Huizong. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008, pp. 389-91, fig. 17.

Hearn, Maxwell K. How to Read Chinese Paintings. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008, pp. 20-27, cat. no. 4.

Clapp, Anne de Coursey. Commemorative Landscape Painting in China. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012, p. 36, fig. 13.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012, p. 90.

He Muwen 何慕文 (Hearn, Maxwell K.). Ruhe du Zhongguo hua: Daduhui Yishu Bowuguan cang Zhongguo shuhua jingpin daolan 如何读中国画 : 大都会艺术博物馆藏中国书画精品导览 (How to read Chinese paintings) Translated by Shi Jing 石静. Beijing: Beijing daxue chubanshe, 2015, pp. 20-27, cat. no. 4.

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Attributed to Qu Ding | Summer Mountains | China | Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Inscription: No artist's inscription, signature, or seal Frontispiece Unidentified artist, 1 column in standard script, undated: Summer Mountains by Yan Wengui 燕文貴 《夏山圖》 Other inscription Qing emperor Qianlong 清帝乾隆 (r

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This silver oval shaped box is uncovered in the "foot box" of the Nanyue King. The design and craftman ship were distinctive of the ancient Persians. Archeologists believe the silver box was shipped to China. Is consider Han silverware

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Persian-styled Silver Box - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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This oval shaped silver box is uncovered in the “foot box” of the Nanyue King. The design and craftsmanship were distinctive of the ancient Persians. Arche…

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The Song dynasty was a big contributor to making ball sports important. The Tang dynasty thought ball sports were for the pursuit of bravery and fitness but the Song dynasty thought it was for fun and happiness. This started to show the ideas of Confucianism that china believed in.

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In the Song dynasty, it was common to put flowers in bottles and vases in order to make an offering to Buddha. In the homes of literary families, flower arranging was a common practice. this also helped store things like food, spices, or drinks more conveniently.

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This is a carved wine cup in the shape of a rhino's horn. It is belived that the Jade Drinking Vessel can disolve poison. It is made of copper and metal.

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The drinking vessel was carved into the shape of a rhinoceros horn with a whole piece of greenish jade. It was believed that wine cup made of rhinoceros horn could dissolve poison. Though jade was never meant to dissolve poison, the unknown artisan, with imagination and ingenuity, took advantage of the natural shape of the stone and created a consummate work of the drinking vessel.

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Jade Drinking Vessel in Rhinoceroes Horn Shape - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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The drinking vessel was carved into the shape of a rhinoceros horn with a whole piece of greenish jade. It was believed that wine cup made of rhinoceros ho...

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It would be used for boiling tea and drinking tea. It is also used for eating. It is the early version of a cup and or a bowl. It was made out of Porcelain and glazed. In China, it would be called a heritori. The different petal colors mean different things.

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A porcelain pillow was a decorative item. This one was decorated with pictures of babies. They were pieces of art and literary works. I think this is interesting because now in the present we have better ways to preserve our work.

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Stamped Porcelain Pillow with Child Patterns, Ding ware - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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This porcelain pillow is decorated with small and dense pearl patterns between the other designs. On the central part of the top, there is a plump baby. On…

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The dramatic blue splash over the brown glaze on this bottle prefigures the use of copper to create similar designs in later ceramics, particularly Jun ware produced in Henan Province in north China from the ninth to the fifteenth century.

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Block printing was new and was very special back at that time

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Bu Shang Studying, Running Regular Script - Ouyang Xun (557-641) - Google Arts & Culture

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This calligraphic text by Ouyang Xun is about one of Confucius’ most distinguished pupils, Bu Shang; he was often known by Zixia, his courtesy name. From t…

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Jade Drinking Vessel in Rhinoceroes Horn Shape

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I found this one interesting because of its peculiar shape. The Jade Drinking Vessel in Rhinoceros Horn was made in 205 BC and was used to drink water, but it also had the unique ability to dissolve poison, but its theorized that that wasn't even the original intent of the cup.

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The drinking vessel was carved into the shape of a rhinoceros horn with a whole piece of greenish jade. It was believed that wine cup made of rhinoceros horn could dissolve poison. Though jade was never meant to dissolve poison, the unknown artisan, with imagination and ingenuity, took advantage of the natural shape of the stone and created a consummate work of the drinking vessel.

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Jade Drinking Vessel in Rhinoceroes Horn Shape - Unknown - Google Arts & Culture

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The drinking vessel was carved into the shape of a rhinoceros horn with a whole piece of greenish jade. It was believed that wine cup made of rhinoceros ho...

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This ceramaic peace represents a spring hunt that happened during the yearly cycle of the Jurchen, A group of nomatic people from the north east who controled most of china during the Jin dynasty. These peaces can help represent culture and meanings we may not understand now but certain things had a lot of sentimental value.

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This Gold Seal with the inscription "Tai Zi" has horizontal and vertical borders. The style of the calligraphy is very similar to stone carvings in the Qin Dynasty, the carvings are very delicate. The knob is carved into the shape of a turtle that tiptoed on top of a hole that holds silk ribbon. "Tai Zi" literally means the crown prince.