Qin
1 treasures221–207 BCE
Treasures
Treasure Types
Metalwork
Bronze Food Vessels
Bronze Wine Vessels
Bronze Water Vessels
Bronze Mirrors & Lamps
Censers & Other Metalwork
Gold & Silver Vessels
Gold & Silver Ornaments
Coins & Currency
Cloisonné & Enamel
Jades
Ritual Jades
Burial Jades
Jade Ornaments
Display Jade Carvings
Gems & Precious Stones
Imperial Seals
Official & Private Seals
Tallies & Tokens
Ceramics
Prehistoric Pottery
Historic Pottery & Sancai
Celadon Wares
White Wares
Black & Tea Wares
Blue-and-White Wares
Overglaze Enamelled Wares
Monochrome Glazes
Glass
Brushwork
Calligraphy Originals
Steles & Rubbings
Figure Painting
Landscape Painting
Birds, Flowers & Animals
Genre & Ruled-Line Painting
Murals & Silk Paintings
Prints & New Year Pictures
Books
Oracle Bones
Bamboo Slips & Silk Texts
Manuscripts
Rare Printed Books
Historical Maps
Archives & Documents
Furniture
Painted Lacquer
Carved Lacquer
Inlaid Lacquer
Ming Furniture
Qing Furniture
Bamboo & Wood Carving
Ivory, Horn & Bone Carving
Textiles
Silk & Brocade
Kesi Tapestry
Embroidery
Garments
Crowns & Headwear
Sculpture
Tomb Figures
Bronze Figures & Sculpture
Religious Images
Pictorial Stones & Bricks
Tomb & Monumental Stone
Clay & Painted Sculpture
Implements
Astronomical Instruments
Timekeeping
Weights & Measures
Calculation
Weapons & Armour
Musical Instruments
Transport & Harness
Writing & Scholar's Studio
MedicineTreasure Canons
Vessels of Rite and Virtue
Heaven and Earth in Objects
Treasures of Ink
Bronze Bells, Jade Chimes
Masterworks of Craft
Feasts of Bell and Cauldron
Arms and Tallies
Brush, Inkstone and Classics
Instruments of Science
Relics of Building
Maps, Carts and Ships
Coins and MeasuresThrough the Dynasties
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Qin
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Three Kingdoms
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Tang
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Song
Yuan
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QingPrehistory and otherMakers & Patrons
MetalworkBronze Food VesselsBronze Wine VesselsBronze Water VesselsBronze Mirrors & LampsCensers & Other MetalworkGold & Silver VesselsGold & Silver OrnamentsCoins & CurrencyCloisonné & EnamelJadesRitual JadesBurial JadesJade OrnamentsDisplay Jade CarvingsGems & Precious StonesImperial SealsOfficial & Private SealsTallies & TokensCeramicsPrehistoric PotteryHistoric Pottery & SancaiCeladon WaresWhite WaresBlack & Tea WaresBlue-and-White WaresOverglaze Enamelled WaresMonochrome GlazesGlassBrushworkCalligraphy OriginalsSteles & RubbingsFigure PaintingLandscape PaintingBirds, Flowers & AnimalsGenre & Ruled-Line PaintingMurals & Silk PaintingsPrints & New Year PicturesBooksOracle BonesBamboo Slips & Silk TextsManuscriptsRare Printed BooksHistorical MapsArchives & DocumentsFurniturePainted LacquerCarved LacquerInlaid LacquerMing FurnitureQing FurnitureBamboo & Wood CarvingIvory, Horn & Bone CarvingTextilesSilk & BrocadeKesi TapestryEmbroideryGarmentsCrowns & HeadwearSculptureTomb FiguresBronze Figures & SculptureReligious ImagesPictorial Stones & BricksTomb & Monumental StoneClay & Painted SculptureImplementsAstronomical InstrumentsTimekeepingWeights & MeasuresCalculationWeapons & ArmourMusical InstrumentsTransport & HarnessWriting & Scholar's StudioMedicineTreasure CanonsVessels of Rite and VirtueHeaven and Earth in ObjectsTreasures of InkBronze Bells, Jade ChimesMasterworks of CraftFeasts of Bell and CauldronArms and TalliesBrush, Inkstone and ClassicsInstruments of ScienceRelics of BuildingMaps, Carts and ShipsCoins and MeasuresThrough the DynastiesXiaShangZhouQinHanThree KingdomsJinNorthern and SouthernSuiTangFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsSongYuanMingQingPrehistory and otherMakers & PatronsBooks · TT506
Archives & Documents
Edicts, contracts, registers and palace archives
16treasures
7dynasties
8institutions
Mural guide
In a storeroom lit through lattice windows, wooden shelves hold rows of document cases and cord-tied bundles, the labels on the cases blurred, while iron-clasped wooden chests stand stacked on the floor, topped with thick cord-bound stacks of papers, and the shadow of a tree fades across the wall. Chests, cases and tied bundles evoke the solemn keeping of archives layer upon layer.
Han
2 treasures202 BCE – 220 CE
Three Kingdoms
1 treasures220–280
Tang
1 treasures618–907
Song
2 treasures960–1279
Yuan
1 treasures1260–1368
Qing
8 treasures1636–1912
Abdication Edict of the Xuantong EmperorThe edict that ended imperial ChinaFirst Historical Archives of ChinaTE10596Credential Tablet Issued by the Zhuluo County Magistrate to Chief Amo, Kangxi 54A Qing magistrate's order to an indigenous chiefNational Taiwan MuseumTE10597Ming and Qing Archives of the First Historical Archives of ChinaTen million pages of Ming and Qing governmentFirst Historical Archives of ChinaTE10598Records of the Qing Grand Secretariat: Infiltration of Western Culture in ChinaThe calendar case and Western learning in Qing filesFirst Historical Archives of ChinaTE10599
Qing Dynasty Yangshi Lei Architectural ArchivesThe Lei family's blueprints for imperial ChinaFirst Historical Archives of ChinaTE10600Golden Lists of the Qing Dynasty Imperial ExaminationThe original golden lists of the examinationsFirst Historical Archives of ChinaTE10601Old Manchu ArchivesThe Qing founding in its own Manchu recordsNational Palace MuseumTE10602Silver-leaf Memorial from the King of BurmaA royal letter on a leaf of silverNational Palace MuseumTE10603