I was visiting Taiwan for business purposes and I had to visit this national heritage. The National Palace Museum has one of the largest collections in the world, its permanent collection has nearly 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks, It has the same roots with the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City which were built upon the imperail collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Green-ground Floral-shaped Vase with Fish-Dragon Motif, Guangxu reign, Qing dynasty 1875-19088th Century figure of a Lokapāla, Guardian King – Sancai tri-colour glazed pottery, Tang Dynasty (唐朝) (618–907).
Cloisonne and painted enamel butter tea jar, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty
Vase with “Hundred Deer” motif in wucai enamel, Wan-li reign (1573-1620), Ming dynastyPlanter with a coral carving of the planetary deity Kuixing, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Ivory Ball -Concentric ivory spheres carved in openwork with cloud-and-dragon motifs, Ch’ing dynasty (1644-1911)
Jadeite Cabbage, in a cloisonne flowerpot, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Celestial globe vase with decoration of dragon among lotus blossoms in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty Yongle reign (1403-1424) Vase with a sash and Indian lotus scrolls – Fencai (粉彩) polychrome enamels porcelain, Jiaqing regin (1795-1821) , Qing dynasty
Painted enamel vase with dragons and peony decoration, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735), Qing dynastyJingdezhen round box , Qing dynasty
Flower Holder in shape of fished, Green jade carving, Qianlong Reign 1735-1796, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912)
Green Jade folding screen (c.1940) – Republic era (中華民國) (1911–1945). This piece was given to the Emperor of Japan by Wang Jingwei (汪精衛) (1883–1944) as a gift during the Sino-Japanese War and was returned after the end of the war.