Art Gallery - 2nd Floor Taiwan National Palace Museum

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Second Floor Taiwan National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院)

Shilin District, Taipei City, Taiwan  - November 2017

The National Palace Museum, located in Taipei and Taibao, Taiwan, has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest of its type in the world. The collection encompasses 8,000 years of history of Chinese art from the Neolithic age to the modern.

These are artwork from the galleries on the second floor. Due to photography angle some of the photos have been truncated and these photos here only gives a representation of what I saw really saw; nothing beats going there to see them for yourselves. Click below to navigate to other floors.

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Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 201
Magic Of The Kneaded Clay

An introduction to Chinese pottery made from normal clay and fine Chinese porcelain made from kaolin. It lightly touches on how Chinese ceramics are made and decorated.

Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 203a
Antiquities Special Exhibition 01

First of three part that looks into collections from the court of the Ming Emperor Yongle.

Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 203b
Antiquities Special Exhibition 02

Second of three part that looks into collections from the court of the Ming Emperor Yongle.

Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 203c
Antiquities Special Exhibition 03

Third of three part that looks into collections from the court of the Ming Emperor Yongle.

Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 205a
Magic Of The Kneaded Clay 02

Displays of ancient pottery from China's Neolithic Age to the Five Dynasties Era.

Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 205b
Magic Of The Kneaded Clay 03

Exhibits pottery from renowned kilns of the Northern States from the 10th-13th Centuries.

Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 205c
Magic Of The Kneaded Clay 04

Displays of pottery from the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1662-1722).

Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 205d
Magic Of The Kneaded Clay 05

Displays of pottery from the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty (1678–1735).

Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 205e
Magic Of The Kneaded Clay 06

Displays of pottery from the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799).

Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 205f
Magic Of The Kneaded Clay 07

Displays of pottery from the last six emperors of the Qing Dynasty (1796–1912) before China became a republic.

Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 212
Chinese Paintings

Photos of print copies of Chinese paintings seen at the museum.

These are artwork from the galleries on the second floor. Click below to navigate to other floors.

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Second Floor Layout Plan National Palace Museum Taipei
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National Palace Museum
(國立故宮博物院)
No. 221, Sec 2, Zhi Shan Rd, Shilin District, Taipei City, Taiwan 111.
Entry fee: NTD 250
Hours:
Sundays to Thursdays: 8:30am to 6:30pm     |     Fridays & Saturdays: 8:30am to 9:00pm
Website: https://www.npm.gov.tw/en/
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GPS & Direction Map: 25.10235, 121.54849

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