It is often said that the Forbidden City in Beijing looks at the architecture, and the Forbidden City in Taipei looks at the treasure. The National Palace Museum in Taipei has collected and exhibited 700,000 rare treasures promoted by the emperors of the Song and Qing dynasties for more than 1,000 years, which is unmatched by general museums (courtyards).
When the cultural relics were relocated to Taiwan that year, the total number of cultural relics was a quarter of that of the original Forbidden City at that time, but these were all fine cultural relics, of which there were 11,445 pieces of jade, such as bird-patterned jade ornaments in the Neolithic Era, jade cabbage grasshoppers in the Qing Dynasty, etc., all of which were supreme national treasures.
Qing 1644-1911 Jade cabbage
This work, which is almost 100% similar to the real cabbage, is made of jade, and the intimate theme, the white body and the emerald green leaves make people feel very familiar and close, don't forget to look at the two insects that stay on the leaves, they are the borers and locusts that symbolize many children and grandchildren.
Western Han Dynasty 206 BC - 8 AD Jade Goblet
This beautiful and elegant jade cup is carved from lustrous translucent blue-and-white jade. The cup is slightly elongated and conical, with a high foot and a single stalk.
Qing 1644-1911 Jasper gold wire plate
In the eyes of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, both decoration and carving were superior to the Chinese jade craftsmanship produced in Suzhou's special alleys in the same era.
Qianlong Qing 1736-1795 Jade dove staff head
In the fourteenth year of Qianlong, due to the large number of bronzes displayed in the palace and stored in the inner palace, Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty ordered his ministers Liang Shizheng, Ji Huang, Wang Youdun and others to imitate the style of the Northern Song Dynasty's "Xuanhe Bogu Catalogue", finely painted shapes, prepared imitations, and recorded their basic materials in detail, collecting a total of 1,500 bronzes, and compiling the "Ancient Records of the Western Qing Dynasty" in 20 years.
Song Zhiming Topaz Duck
A duck is made of yellow shiny jade, and it is dark brown on the head, abdomen and feet of the duck. The technique of this jade duck grinding is extremely simple, but because of the mastery of the body characteristics of the duck's upturned tail and plump buttocks, it is both cute and lively.
Southern Song Dynasty to Yuan 1127-1368 Jade lotus leaf washing
In addition to the original yellow-green color at the bottom, the jade is brownish yellow throughout, and some of them show gray and white spots, and occasionally the maroon pigment is doped in the yin carved line, so it is speculated that this jade cup may have been dyed.
Ming 1368-1644 Yu'ao fish flower arrangement
The main shape of this work is a fish, the body of the fish is longitudinal, the tail of the fish is curled up, and the lower end is carved with waves, and the water pattern wooden seat echoes it, and at a glance, the fish is struggling to jump out of the water.
Eastern Han Dynasty 25 BC - 220 AD Jade to ward off evil spirits
This piece of jade in the Forbidden City warded off evil spirits and was once an important collection for the emperor. The chest of the evil spirit is engraved with imperial poems. The palace is also equipped with a double-layer rosewood seat, the upper floor is engraved with the Qianlong Royal Play, the lower layer is engraved with the same imperial words as the chest to ward off evil spirits, and the part of the engraving is also embedded with silver wire.
Warring States 475-221 BC Jade Mite Pattern (xī)
The mite is a kind of dragon, somewhat like a tiger. This piece of jade vessel has a slight brownish red face, which is a unique disc red color of the heirloom, carved into a turning head sideways form, and the connection between the head and the body is the same as the dragon and phoenix jade in the courtyard, which is a common practice of jade smiths in the Warring States period to deal with such animal jade carvings.
Neolithic Liangzhu culture 3200-2000 BC Yu chun
About 4000 to 5000 years ago, in the Taihu Lake Basin in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Liangzhu culture was developed. The jade is an important ceremonial vessel used by the residents of Liangzhu to worship the ancestors of the gods.