The past 40 years since Prince Kung’s Palace Museum’s establishment have witnessed its accomplishments in reclaiming lost treasures, collecting the digital data of cultural relics, and utilizing digital technology.
In 2023, the museum has drawn upon its digital resources of the former collection from the palace and those collected by eight cultural institutions worldwide.
An online exhibition featuring three-dimensional rendering with an ink-wash-style interface has been launched, bringing together repatriated cultural relics such as the lidded jade vase with patterns of a dragon educating its son, a pair of white jade boxes with bird designs, and a red-glazed water-chestnut-shaped vase, alongside those still residing overseas, for a “virtual reunion”.
Scan the QR code to embark on a virtual exhibition tour.
Artifact list affiliated:
1. Lidded jade vase with patterns of a dragon educating its son, from the collection of Prince Kung’s Palace Museum
2. A pair of white jade boxes with bird designs, from the collection of Prince Kung’s Palace Museum
3. Red-glazed water-chestnut-shaped vase, Kangxi reign (1662-1722), from the collection of Prince’s Kung’s Palace Museum
4. Baihong sword, from the collection of the Palace Museum
5. Kesi tapestry of Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin’s Jiucheng Palace, written in semi-cursive script by Mi Fu (1051-1107), from the collection of the Liaoning Provincial Museum
6. Kesi album leaf of hibiscus syriacus by Emperor Huizong Zhao Ji (r. 1100-26), Song Dynasty (960-1279), from the collection of the Liaoning Provincial Museum
7. Embroidery scroll of peony and narcissus flowers, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), from the collection of the Liaoning Provincial Museum
8. Embroidery album leaf of plum blossoms, bamboo and a parrot, Song Dynasty, from the collection of the Liaoning Provincial Museum
9. Herding Cattle, Song Dynasty, from the collection of the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
10. Ink Plum Blossoms, Wang Yansou (1043-93), Song Dynasty, from the collection of the National Museum of Asian Art
11. Ape Gathering, Yi Yuanji, Song Dynasty, from the collection of the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
12. Five-Colored Parakeet on a Blossoming Apricot Tree, Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong (Zhao Ji), from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
13. Kesi tapestry of camellia flowers and a butterfly, Zhu Kerou, Song Dynasty, from the collection of the Liaoning Provincial Museum
14. Night-Shining White, Han Gan (706-83), Tang Dynasty (618-907), from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
15. Kusun (Bitter Sprouts) Manuscript, Huaisu (624-97), Tang Dynasty, from the collection of the Shanghai Museum
16. Gaoshen (Self-Written Announcement of Office) Manuscript, Yan Zhenqing (709-84), Tang Dynasty, from the collection of Taito City Calligraphy Museum in Tokyo
17. Consoling Letter (Pingfu tie), Lu Ji (261-303), Jin Dynasty (265-420), from the collection of the Palace Museum
18. Semi-cursive calligraphy by Zhu Derun (1294-1365) transcribing Fan Chengda’s poems about four seasons in the countryside, Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), from the collection of the Shanghai Museum