Treaty of Nanjing
National Palace Museum
Taipei
Nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese imperial art, including the jadeite cabbage carved from a single flawed stone. The collection was founded in Beijing in 1925 and re-established in Taipei in 1965, with a southern branch since 2015.
What to see
Treaty of Nanjing
The Treaty of Nanjing was the peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839 to 1842) between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842. It was the second of what the Chinese later termed the unequal treaties, after the rejected 1841 Convention of Chuenpi, signed by British Superintendent of trade in China, Charles Elliot, and Qing Imperial Commissioner, Qishan, which the treaty was largely based on.
Jadeite Cabbage
The Jadeite Cabbage or Jadeite Cabbage with Insects is a piece of jadeite carved into the shape of a napa cabbage head, and with a locust and katydid camouflaged in the leaves. It is part of the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
Huang Gongwang · 1348
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains is one of the few surviving works by Chinese painter Huang Gongwang (1269 to 1354) and is considered to be among his greatest works. Painted between 1348 and 1350, the painting was burnt into two pieces in 1650.
One Hundred Horses
Giuseppe Castiglione · 1728
One Hundred Horses is a 7.76 meters wide Qing dynasty silk and ink painting by Giuseppe Castiglione, known in China by his adopted name Lang Shining (郎世寧). It was painted in 1728 for the Yongzheng emperor.
Meat-shaped Stone
The Meat-Shaped Stone is a piece of jasper carved into the shape of a piece of Dongpo pork, a Chinese way of cooking pork belly. After the retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan, it is in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.
Mao Gong ding
The Mao Gong ding is a bronze tripod ding vessel from the Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1045, c.
Artists
Italian · 1688–1766 · realism
Chinese · 956–1026 · Northern Landscape style
Tang dynasty · 737–799
Yuan dynasty · 1269–1354
Artworks
Ten Prized Dogs
Giuseppe Castiglione
Xuanhe Bogutulu
1107
Dan wine vessel of Guo Zuo
700 BC
Pan Water Vessel of San
9th century BC
Carved olive-pit of miniature boat decorated with the Ode to the Red Cliff on the bottom
1737
Draft of a Requiem to My Nephew
Square zun wine vessel with inscription "Yachou zhehou"
Autumn colors on the Qiao and Hua mountains
1295
Sources
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