Treasure Canons · TC10

Relics of Building

Eave tiles, carved bricks, pottery towers and brackets: the art of building kept in objects

34treasures

9dynasties

13institutions

This canon collects movable treasures of building: Qin and Han eave tiles and pictorial bricks, pottery towers and model courtyards from tombs, bracket sets and fragments of painted architecture. Most of the buildings themselves are gone; these relics let us rebuild the halls and courtyards of the past.

Representative treasures

34 treasures
Northern Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingWang Ximeng, A Thousand Li of Rivers and MountainsThe only surviving work of a teenage painterPalace MuseumTE10037Southern dynasties · Pictorial Stones & BricksBrick Mural of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove and Rong QiqiThe Wei-Jin spirit of freedom, built in brickNanjing MuseumTE10056Tang dynasty · Censers & Other MetalworkBronze Pagoda from Famen TempleA bronze stupa that held the Buddha's relicFamen Temple MuseumTE10099Warring States period · Censers & Other MetalworkBronze Table Base with Four Dragons and Four Phoenixes Inlaid with Gold and SilverThe dragon-and-phoenix table of ZhongshanHebei MuseumTE10103Neolithic, Hemudu culture · Prehistoric PotteryPottery Stove from HemuduA portable stove from HemuduZhejiang Provincial MuseumTE10155Eastern Wu (Three Kingdoms) · Celadon WaresCeladon Granary Jar Dated Third Year of Yong'anA dated Three Kingdoms soul jarPalace MuseumTE10159Yuan dynasty · Blue-and-White WaresBlue-and-white and Underglaze Red Porcelain Granary ModelA Yuan pavilion granary made in porcelainJiangxi Provincial MuseumTE10191Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingWei Xian, The Lofty ScholarRaising the tray to the eyebrows in a mountain retreatPalace MuseumTE10287Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingZhou Wenju, Double Screen Weiqi GameA screen within a screenPalace MuseumTE10289Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingLi [?], Burning Incense to Pray for the Emperor (Album, leaf 3)Incense rising in prayer for the sovereignNational Palace MuseumTE10347Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingWang Qihan, Collating TextsA scholar at ease before a painted screenNanjing UniversityTE10350Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingMa Lin, Lighting a Candle for a Night OutingCandles lit to keep the flowers awakeNational Palace MuseumTE10356

Ceramics & Glass

6 treasures
Neolithic, Hemudu culture · Prehistoric PotteryPottery Stove from HemuduA portable stove from HemuduZhejiang Provincial MuseumTE10155Eastern Wu (Three Kingdoms) · Celadon WaresCeladon Granary Jar Dated Third Year of Yong'anA dated Three Kingdoms soul jarPalace MuseumTE10159Yuan dynasty · Blue-and-White WaresBlue-and-white and Underglaze Red Porcelain Granary ModelA Yuan pavilion granary made in porcelainJiangxi Provincial MuseumTE10191Qing dynasty · Clay & Painted SculptureYe Wang, Koji Pottery Figures: Promotion and FortunePromotion and fortune in temple potterySyuejia Cihji TempleTE10669Qing dynasty · Clay & Painted SculptureYe Wang, Koji Pottery Figures: Peace Throughout the LandPottery figures praying for peaceSyuejia Cihji TempleTE10670Qing dynasty · Clay & Painted SculptureYe Wang, Koji Pottery Figures: Thin and Fat ArhatsTwo arhats, one thin and one fatSyuejia Cihji TempleTE10671

Calligraphy, Painting & Rubbings

22 treasures
Northern Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingWang Ximeng, A Thousand Li of Rivers and MountainsThe only surviving work of a teenage painterPalace MuseumTE10037Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingWei Xian, The Lofty ScholarRaising the tray to the eyebrows in a mountain retreatPalace MuseumTE10287Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingZhou Wenju, Double Screen Weiqi GameA screen within a screenPalace MuseumTE10289Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingLi [?], Burning Incense to Pray for the Emperor (Album, leaf 3)Incense rising in prayer for the sovereignNational Palace MuseumTE10347Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingWang Qihan, Collating TextsA scholar at ease before a painted screenNanjing UniversityTE10350Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingMa Lin, Lighting a Candle for a Night OutingCandles lit to keep the flowers awakeNational Palace MuseumTE10356Yuan dynasty (attributed to Dong Yuan) · Landscape PaintingDong Yuan, Grotto Hall in the MountainsA Daoist paradise among the cloudsNational Palace MuseumTE10358Song to Yuan (after the 12th century) · Landscape PaintingJing Hao (attributed), Mount KuangluMount Lu in a single towering viewNational Palace MuseumTE10362Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingAnonymous Song, Pavilions in a Wintry ForestPavilions hidden in a winter forestNational Palace MuseumTE10381Southern Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingXiao Zhao, Pavilions on a MountainsidePavilions between massive rock and distant hillsNational Palace MuseumTE10393Southern Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingNight Excursion with CandlesTall candles lit for the evening blossomsNational Palace MuseumTE10424Southern Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingZhao Bosu, Golden Palace among Myriad PinesA golden palace deep among the pinesPalace MuseumTE1042810 more · open Calligraphy, Painting & Rubbings

Sculpture & Statuary

6 treasures
Southern dynasties · Pictorial Stones & BricksBrick Mural of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove and Rong QiqiThe Wei-Jin spirit of freedom, built in brickNanjing MuseumTE10056Tang dynasty · Censers & Other MetalworkBronze Pagoda from Famen TempleA bronze stupa that held the Buddha's relicFamen Temple MuseumTE10099Wei-Jin period · Pictorial Stones & BricksCourier on Horseback, Painted BrickA courier riding out of the third centuryGansu Provincial MuseumTE10658Qing dynasty · Clay & Painted SculptureYe Wang, Koji Pottery Figures: Promotion and FortunePromotion and fortune in temple potterySyuejia Cihji TempleTE10669Qing dynasty · Clay & Painted SculptureYe Wang, Koji Pottery Figures: Peace Throughout the LandPottery figures praying for peaceSyuejia Cihji TempleTE10670Qing dynasty · Clay & Painted SculptureYe Wang, Koji Pottery Figures: Thin and Fat ArhatsTwo arhats, one thin and one fatSyuejia Cihji TempleTE10671

Types by dynasty

Where this canon's treasures fall by type and dynasty; click an ink dot to open that dynasty at that type.

Relics of Building · Types by dynasty
ZhouThree KingdomsJinNorthern and SouthernTangTen KingdomsSongYuanQing
Bronze, Gold & Silver2
Ceramics & Glass5
Calligraphy, Painting & Rubbings22
Books & Documents2
Sculpture & Statuary6
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