This piece is composed of a tseng cooking vessel and a li cauldron cast together. There was probably a grill in between, which is now missing. Two rounds of vague bowstring lines appear on the surface. ......

The music score stated a scholar’s moods concerning about the fate of the nation. He cleverly uses a begonia’s leaf to represent China territory. Under the political ideology at the time, he used a scar and a hurt heart to create sharp contrast to express Chinese people’s homesick complex. ......

Wen Cheng-ming (original name Pi and sobriquets T’ing-yün-sheng and Heng-shan chü-shih) was a native of Ch’ang-chou (Soochow) in Kiangsu. ......

The President Seal is inscribed with “No. 1 of Code Ming” on its side. (Ming’s Chinese character is民.) ......

These are four of a collection of nine inscribed arrows. There were many similar pieces produced in the workshops of the Han dynasty. Each was inscribed with the date of production, name of the workshop(in this case the Henan workshop),the names of those responsible at each stage of production managcment, and the names and serial numbers of the workers.

In the Ch’ing dynasty, the “patent by ordinance”(kao-ming) was bestowed by the Emperor or obtained through inheritance. It conferred titles of honor on officials of the fifth rank or higher. ......

This jasper Ruyi is one of a pair; both are carved from an entire jasper. The head of this artifact has longevity patterns, the middle lotus and ribbon patterns, and the end twin persimmons and intertwined lotus. The patterns on this Ruyi symbolize wish come true and wealth, fortune, and longevity.

This book (文心雕龍) is a 5-color print made by Ling Yun at Wuxing during the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty’s Wan-li period (1573-1619), ......

The low reverberation also becomes the past.
Only deep and cold star light, illuminates the horizon.
A refreshing lotus, standing in the water filed, and thinking along under the moon and stars. .....

Acquired by Chiu, Chi-Chien (Chuo-si, Hua-lian County)
Collected by Museum of Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

The skirt was made of black cloth featuring two waist bands. Three trims of red strips are lined on both sides of its lower part, ........