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Important Works
Museum reference works, with study notes and authoritative object records.
Reference works
Cleveland Museum of Art
Birds Gather under the Spring Willow
Yin Hong · Ming dynasty · Ink and colour on silk
National Palace Museum, Taipei
Blue-and-white meiping
Yongle period · Ming dynasty · 1403–1424
Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
The Buddha (“Awakened One”)
Tibet · 14th century · Gilt copper alloy
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wine Beaker (Gu)
China · Shang dynasty · 13th century BCE
Cleveland Museum of Art
Lotus Bowl
Southern Song · 1200s · Green-glazed porcelaneous stoneware
Cleveland Museum of Art
Ceremonial Disk with Grain Pattern (Bi)
Warring States · 475–221 BCE · Nephrite