Through the Dynasties · TH13

Yuan

1260–1368 · The great jade bowl and blue-and-white: objects of a Eurasian empire

55treasures

5types

12institutions

Ceramics & Glass

5 treasures
Yuan dynasty · Blue-and-White WaresYuan Blue-and-white Meiping with the Four Loves (Hubei Provincial Museum)Four ancient worthies on one vaseHubei Provincial MuseumTE10188Yuan dynasty, dated 1351 · Blue-and-White WaresDavid VasesThe vases that put a date on Yuan blue-and-whiteBritish MuseumTE10189Yuan dynasty · Blue-and-White WaresBlue-and-white Meiping with Xiao He Pursuing Han XinXiao He rides through the night on Yuan blue-and-whiteNanjing Municipal MuseumTE10190Yuan dynasty · Blue-and-White WaresBlue-and-white and Underglaze Red Porcelain Granary ModelA Yuan pavilion granary made in porcelainJiangxi Provincial MuseumTE10191Yuan dynasty · Monochrome GlazesBlue-glazed Meiping with White DragonA white dragon rising from blue glazeYangzhou MuseumTE10201
Blue-and-White Wares4Monochrome Glazes2

Calligraphy, Painting & Rubbings

44 treasures
Yuan dynasty · Landscape PaintingHuang Gongwang, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (Master Wuyong Scroll)A landscape split in two by fire, its halves now on either side of the straitNational Palace MuseumTE10033Yuan dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsMiscellaneous Calligraphy by Yuan MastersSix Yuan writers in one scrollNational Palace MuseumTE10207Yuan dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsZhang Yu, Poem in Seven-character Regulated VerseVerse and brushwork by the Daoist Zhang YuNational Palace MuseumTE10208Yuan dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsZhao Mengfu, Origins of the Orchid Pavilion PrefaceZhao Mengfu traces the Orchid Pavilion lineNational Palace MuseumTE10209Yuan dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsZhao Mengfu, Rhapsody on Living in LeisureZhao Mengfu writes out a Jin rhapsodyNational Palace MuseumTE10210Yuan, 1295 · Calligraphy OriginalsZhao Mengfu, Poem on the Baotu SpringA poem for a friend who had never seen his homelandNational Palace MuseumTE10258Yuan, 1301 · Calligraphy OriginalsZhao Mengfu, The Two Odes on the Red Cliff in Running ScriptSu Dongpo and the Red Cliff in Zhao Mengfu's handNational Palace MuseumTE10259Yuan dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsXianyu Shu, Song of the Ancient Light-penetrating MirrorA poem for a mirror that casts its own patternNational Palace MuseumTE10262Yuan dynasty · Figure PaintingAnonymous Yuan, Portrait of an Arhat (Right)The tiger-taming arhat and his companionsNational Palace MuseumTE10277Yuan dynasty · Figure PaintingAnonymous Yuan, Portrait of an Arhat (Left)The dragon-subduing arhat stares down a dragonNational Palace MuseumTE10278Yuan dynasty · Figure PaintingAlbum of Half-length Portraits of Yuan EmpressesYuan empresses in their tall headdressesNational Palace MuseumTE10279Yuan dynasty · Figure PaintingAlbum of Half-length Portraits of Yuan EmperorsThe faces of Chinggis and KublaiNational Palace MuseumTE10280
Calligraphy Originals7Figure Painting9Landscape Painting22Birds, Flowers & Animals4Genre & Ruled-Line Painting2

Books & Documents

3 treasures
Yuan dynasty (1339) · Rare Printed BooksYuan Edition of the Huangdi NeijingThe oldest printed copy of the medical classicNational Library of ChinaTE10563Yuan dynasty · Rare Printed BooksDiamond Sutra (Yuan Zhizheng Edition)Red and black: the earliest two-colour printNational Central LibraryTE10587Yuan dynasty (1304-1367) · Archives & DocumentsOfficial Records of Tibet from the Yuan DynastyYuan state papers on the rule of TibetTibet Autonomous Region ArchivesTE10593
Rare Printed Books2Archives & Documents1