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On a table in a garden pavilion shaded by bamboo and rockery stand a plum vase painted with flowering sprays, a lidded tea bowl on a stand, narcissus in a crackle-glazed shallow basin and a half-unrolled landscape handscroll, with lake and hills beyond. Porcelain, tea and painting evoke the quiet, restrained taste of the Song.
Jade Book for the Earth Sacrifice of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, First Year of Dazhong Xiangfu, with 52 Casket InlaysJade tablets from a Song imperial riteNational Palace MuseumTE10110Jade Plate with Openwork DragonA jade plate with an openwork dragonNational Palace MuseumTE10122Openwork Jade Plate with DragonA dragon winding through an openwork jade plateNational Palace MuseumTE10132
Ru Ware Celadon Narcissus Basin without CrackleRu ware without a single crackleNational Palace MuseumTE10023Ru Ware Celadon Narcissus BasinA Ru basin with its crackleNational Palace MuseumTE10161Ru Ware Lotus-shaped Warming BowlA Ru ware lotus in bloomNational Palace MuseumTE10162Longquan Celadon WasherLongquan celadon at its most jade-likeNational Palace MuseumTE10163Guan Ware Vase with Bowstring LinesA Guan vase adorned with nothing but linesPalace MuseumTE10164Guan Ware Zun with Tubular HandlesA Guan zun with tubular handlesJilin Provincial MuseumTE10165Ru Ware Sky-blue Goose-neck Vase with Carved DecorationRu ware that dared to carry decorationHenan MuseumTE10166Ru Ware Sky-blue Zun with Bowstring LinesA Ru ware vessel in the form of a Han bronzePalace MuseumTE10167Ru Ware Celadon Mallet VaseA Ru vase shaped like a paper malletNational Palace MuseumTE10168Ding Ware White Porcelain Pillow in the Form of a ChildA porcelain child asleep for a thousand yearsNational Palace MuseumTE10179Ding Ware Kundika with Carved Lotus Petals and Dragon HeadA Ding ware kundika from a pagoda cryptDingzhou MuseumTE10180Dengfeng Ware Vase with Tiger and Leopard on Pearl GroundTigers and leopards on a pearl groundPalace MuseumTE10181
Su Shi, Cold Food ObservanceCalligraphy born of exile, ranked third under heavenNational Palace MuseumTE10026
Song Copy of Yan Liben's Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibetan EnvoyAn audience before Princess Wencheng went to TibetPalace MuseumTE10031
Fan Kuan, Travelers among Mountains and StreamsA monumental landscape with the painter's name hidden in the treesNational Palace MuseumTE10034
Guo Xi, Early SpringMountains waking from winterNational Palace MuseumTE10035
Wang Ximeng, A Thousand Li of Rivers and MountainsThe only surviving work of a teenage painterPalace MuseumTE10037
Zhang Zeduan, Along the River During the Qingming FestivalThe bustle of the Song capital in a single scrollPalace MuseumTE10039Album of Song Calligraphy TreasuresAn album of Song calligraphyNational Palace MuseumTE10217Wu Ju, Seven-character QuatrainWu Ju writes a quatrain in Mi Fu's mannerNational Palace MuseumTE10218Album of Ink Treasures by the Four Song MastersThe Four Song Masters in one albumNational Palace MuseumTE10219Handscroll of Calligraphy by the Four Song MastersThe Four Song Masters in one scrollNational Palace MuseumTE10220Album of Authentic Works by the Four Song MastersThe Song masters' album Qianlong called divineNational Palace MuseumTE10221Emperor Huizong of Song, PoemHuizong's slender-gold script at its largestNational Palace MuseumTE10222Jade Book for the Earth Sacrifice of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, First Year of Dazhong Xiangfu, with 52 Casket InlaysJade tablets from a Song imperial riteNational Palace MuseumTE10110Emperor Gaozong of Song, Edict to Yue FeiAn emperor's own letter to Yue FeiNational Palace MuseumTE10231Veritable Records of Emperor Taizong of SongA state history copied by Song handsNational Central LibraryTE10532Vajrasekhara Yoga Sutra (Japanese Manuscript Scroll of Kenkyu 5)An esoteric sutra Yang Shoujing found in JapanNational Central LibraryTE10559Dongdu Shilüe (Eastern Capital History)A Southern Song history of the Northern SongNational Central LibraryTE10564Zhongxing Guange Lu (Records of the Imperial Library of the Restoration)The handbook of the Southern Song palace libraryNational Central LibraryTE10565Account of the Avadana of the Dharma Transmission (Jin Edition)One scroll of the Zhaocheng Jin canonNational Central LibraryTE10566Six Commentaries Edition of the Wenxuan, 60 JuanA Song edition completed with Ming imitationsNational Palace MuseumTE10567Northern Song Edition of the Collected Works of Fan ZhongyanFan Zhongyan's works printed in his own dynastyNational Library of ChinaTE10568Zhuangzi, True Classic of Nanhua (Southern Song Edition)A Song Zhuangzi no catalogue recordedInstitute of History and Philology, Academia SinicaTE10569Collected Minor Works of Southern Song WorthiesPoets gathered by a Southern Song booksellerNational Central LibraryTE10570Records of the Grand Historian (Northern Song Edition)The Grand Historian in Northern Song printInstitute of History and Philology, Academia SinicaTE10571Immortal Palace on a Mountain (Kesi Album, leaf 5)An immortals' palace woven in silkNational Palace MuseumTE10624Kesi Spring Blossoms of Wealth and RankFlowers of wealth woven in silkNational Palace MuseumTE10625Kesi Kingfisher and Autumn Lotus (Album, leaf 1)A kingfisher over autumn lotus in silkNational Palace MuseumTE10626Shen Zifan, Kesi Flowers and BirdsShen Zifan's birds and flowers in silkNational Palace MuseumTE10627Shen Zifan kesi: Plum Blossoms and MagpiesMagpies on plum, woven by Shen ZifanPalace MuseumTE10628Dragon among Flowers (Kesi Album, leaf 1)A dragon woven in silk among flowersNational Palace MuseumTE10630Ducklings in a Lotus PondZhu Kerou's lotus pond, woven in silkShanghai MuseumTE10631Embroidered White FalconA white falcon in silk embroideryNational Palace MuseumTE10634Brocade Robe with Eagle RoundelsA Song brocade robe kept by the desertPalace MuseumTE10639
Pearl Relic PillarA Song reliquary set with forty thousand pearlsSuzhou MuseumTE10617Guanyin of the Southern SeaGuanyin at ease above the Southern SeaNelson-Atkins Museum of ArtTE10649Seated Luohan from Yixian (British Museum)The gaze of a Yixian luohanBritish MuseumTE10651Gold Acuoye Guanyin with Silver MandorlaThe golden lucky star of YunnanYunnan Provincial MuseumTE10653
