Ivory and Bone (National Palace Museum)

Type

Collection

Collection Identifier

c0701

Alternative Title

 

Description

The antiquities held in the collections of the National Palace Museum span a period of at least 7,000 thousand years, and consist of a large variety of genres, including bronze, jade, porcelain, lacquerware, etc. Its collections are fine in quality and large in size, serving as a wonderful representation of the essence of traditional Chinese culture and art. The contents of this collection have been photographed, corresponding explanatory texts have been composed, related metadata have been collected, and all materials are currently undergoing digitization.

Size

431 items (digital)

Language

Chinese 

Item Type

Physical object 

Item Format

image/jpeg

Rights

link

Access Rights

When citing images from the website of the National Palace Museum (“NPM”) for research, education, promotion, publication, broadcasting, or for website design competitions or other commercial or non-commercial purposes, permission must be obtained or user rights purchased. Citations must be clearly marked or Collections of the National Palace Museum" must be included when applying the images. Should there be any questions regarding rights authorization, please place an inquiry to the NPM Department of Cultural Creativity and Marketing at Tel: 886-2-2881-2021 ext. 2155, 2121 or 2152; or via Email: janey1@npm.gov.tw"

Accrual Method

Permanent collection; donation; purchase

Accrual Periodicity

Irregular

Accrual Policy

Partial (Newly acquired items must go through three courses of examination before final acceptance or purchase.)

Custodial History

The National Palace Museum was founded on October 10, 1925. The ivory and bone artifacts collected by the museum are mainly from the original collection of the Qing Imperial Palace, and from donations or purchases. 

Audience

Researchers; the general public

Subject

Antiquities 

Spatial Coverage

Mainland China; Taiwan; Japan

Temporal Coverage

Shang to Qing dynasties

Dates Collection Accumulated

  

Dates Items Created

1600 B.C./1911A.D. 

Collector

National Palace Museum

Owner

National Palace Museum 

Is Located At

National Palace Museum 

Is Accessed Via

link: http://antiquities.npm.gov.tw/~textdb2/NPMv1/sindex.php

Sub-Collection

 

Super-Collection

Antiquities; ivory and bone 

Catalogueor Index

 

Associated collection

Ivory and bone artifacts (National Museum of History)