Treasure Canons · TC11

Maps, Carts and Ships

Maps, chariots, boats and the works of bridge and canal: shaping the land told through objects

37treasures

12dynasties

18institutions

This canon gathers treasures of territory, transport and public works: maps of rivers, mountains and roads, chariot fittings and bronze chariots, boat models, and relics of bridges and waterworks. They record how each age measured, linked and governed a vast land.

Representative treasures

37 treasures
Northern Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingFan Kuan, Travelers among Mountains and StreamsA monumental landscape with the painter's name hidden in the treesNational Palace MuseumTE10034Sui dynasty · Landscape PaintingZhan Ziqian, Spring OutingWhere blue-and-green landscape beginsPalace MuseumTE10036Northern Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingWang Ximeng, A Thousand Li of Rivers and MountainsThe only surviving work of a teenage painterPalace MuseumTE10037Northern Song dynasty · Genre & Ruled-Line PaintingZhang Zeduan, Along the River During the Qingming FestivalThe bustle of the Song capital in a single scrollPalace MuseumTE10039Early Western Han dynasty · Bamboo Slips & Silk TextsMawangdui Silk TextsA library on silk from a Han tombHunan MuseumTE10043Qin dynasty · Bronze Figures & SculptureBronze Chariots and Horses of Qin Shihuang's MausoleumCarriages for the First Emperor's journeys in the afterlifeEmperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site MuseumTE10054Eastern Han dynasty · Bronze Figures & SculptureGalloping Bronze HorseThe galloping horse of China's tourism emblemGansu Provincial MuseumTE10055Late Western Zhou · Bronze Water VesselsSan Shi PanA land treaty cast in bronzeNational Palace MuseumTE10089Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign · Display Jade CarvingsJade Mountain of Yu Taming the FloodThe largest carved jade mountain in ChinaPalace MuseumTE10130Warring States, sixth year of King Huai of Chu (323 BCE) · Tallies & TokensE Jun Qi TalliesA Chu lord's tax-free pass by land and waterNational Museum of ChinaTE10147Neolithic, Yangshao culture · Prehistoric PotteryBoat-shaped Painted Pottery Bottle with Net DesignA fishing net painted on a Yangshao bottleNational Museum of ChinaTE10153Southern Song, reign of Lizong, from about 1230 · Figure PaintingStanding Portrait of Yu the GreatA towering image of the flood-taming kingNational Palace MuseumTE10294

Brushwork

15 treasures
Northern Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingFan Kuan, Travelers among Mountains and StreamsA monumental landscape with the painter's name hidden in the treesNational Palace MuseumTE10034Sui dynasty · Landscape PaintingZhan Ziqian, Spring OutingWhere blue-and-green landscape beginsPalace MuseumTE10036Northern Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingWang Ximeng, A Thousand Li of Rivers and MountainsThe only surviving work of a teenage painterPalace MuseumTE10037Northern Song dynasty · Genre & Ruled-Line PaintingZhang Zeduan, Along the River During the Qingming FestivalThe bustle of the Song capital in a single scrollPalace MuseumTE10039Southern Song, reign of Lizong, from about 1230 · Figure PaintingStanding Portrait of Yu the GreatA towering image of the flood-taming kingNational Palace MuseumTE10294Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingMa Hezhi, Illustration to the Later Ode on the Red CliffSu Shi's night outing at the Red CliffPalace MuseumTE10355Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Landscape PaintingZhao Gan, Early Snow on the RiverFishermen and travellers in the first snowNational Palace MuseumTE10360Yuan dynasty · Landscape PaintingDong Yuan (attributed), Evening Scene on the RiverbankZhang Daqian's bequest of a riverbank sceneNational Palace MuseumTE10363Yuan dynasty · Landscape PaintingWu Zhen, Eight Views of JiaheEight views of the painter's home townNational Palace MuseumTE10366Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingEmperor Minghuang's Journey to ShuThe Tang emperor's flight along the Shu roadsNational Palace MuseumTE10380Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingAnonymous Song, Mountain Market by a Sailing RiverDusk over a riverside mountain townNational Palace MuseumTE10385Late Five Dynasties to early Northern Song · Landscape PaintingGuo Zhongshu, Clearing after Snow on the RiverTwo cargo boats on a river after snowNational Palace MuseumTE103953 more · open Brushwork

Books

10 treasures
Early Western Han dynasty · Bamboo Slips & Silk TextsMawangdui Silk TextsA library on silk from a Han tombHunan MuseumTE10043Han dynasty · Bamboo Slips & Silk TextsJuyan Han Slips (1930 finds)Han slips that crossed half the worldInstitute of History and Philology, Academia SinicaTE10515Han dynasty · Bamboo Slips & Silk TextsXuanquan Han SlipsThe guest book of a Silk Road post stationGansu Bamboo and Wooden Slips MuseumTE10517Qin (222-208 BCE) · Bamboo Slips & Silk TextsLiye Qin SlipsA Qin county's files from the bottom of a wellLiye Qin Slips MuseumTE10519Ming, Jiajing-Longqing re-copy · ManuscriptsYongle Encyclopedia, Juan 6700-6701A gazetteer of Jiujiang inside the encyclopediaNational Central LibraryTE105461389, Hongwu reign of the Ming · Historical MapsGreat Ming Amalgamated MapThe world as the early Ming saw itFirst Historical Archives of ChinaTE10589Qing dynasty · Historical MapsKangxi Map of TaiwanKangxi-era Taiwan painted as a landscapeNational Taiwan MuseumTE10590Yuan dynasty (1304-1367) · Archives & DocumentsOfficial Records of Tibet from the Yuan DynastyYuan state papers on the rule of TibetTibet Autonomous Region ArchivesTE10593Qing dynasty · Archives & DocumentsCredential Tablet Issued by the Zhuluo County Magistrate to Chief Amo, Kangxi 54A Qing magistrate's order to an indigenous chiefNational Taiwan MuseumTE10597Qing dynasty · Archives & DocumentsQing Dynasty Yangshi Lei Architectural ArchivesThe Lei family's blueprints for imperial ChinaFirst Historical Archives of ChinaTE10600

Sculpture

4 treasures
Qin dynasty · Bronze Figures & SculptureBronze Chariots and Horses of Qin Shihuang's MausoleumCarriages for the First Emperor's journeys in the afterlifeEmperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site MuseumTE10054Eastern Han dynasty · Bronze Figures & SculptureGalloping Bronze HorseThe galloping horse of China's tourism emblemGansu Provincial MuseumTE10055Wei-Jin period · Pictorial Stones & BricksCourier on Horseback, Painted BrickA courier riding out of the third centuryGansu Provincial MuseumTE10658Late Warring States to Han · Tomb & Monumental StoneStone Rhinoceros of ChengduThe rhinoceros that guarded Chengdu's watersChengdu MuseumTE10666

Implements

4 treasures
Qin dynasty · Bronze Figures & SculptureBronze Chariots and Horses of Qin Shihuang's MausoleumCarriages for the First Emperor's journeys in the afterlifeEmperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site MuseumTE10054Southern Song dynasty · Transport & HarnessNanhai One ShipwreckA Song merchant ship raised wholeMaritime Silk Road Museum of GuangdongTE10688Western Han dynasty · Transport & HarnessBronze Canopy Fitting with Hunting Scenes Inlaid with Gold, Silver and TurquoiseA Han hunting ground on a bronze tubeHebei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and ArchaeologyTE10690Late Shang dynasty · Transport & HarnessHorse Bridle Ornaments SetThe bridle jewels of a Shang horseInstitute of History and Philology, Academia SinicaTE10691

Types by dynasty

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

Maps, Carts and Ships · Types by dynasty
ShangZhouQinHanJinNorthern and SouthernSuiFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsSongYuanMingQing
Metalwork2
Jades2
Ceramics
Brushwork15
Books10
Furniture1
Sculpture4
Implements4
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