Art Gallery - Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 103 (Rare Books & Historical Documents)

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Taiwan National Palace Museum: 1st Floor Gallery 102
(Rare Books & Historical Documents) - November 2017

Poster based on a Chinese seal with dragon motif.

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. Gallery 103 (Rare Books & Historical Documents) displays rare documents such as treaties, pacts and even paintings depicting historical military campaigns with written narration. Most of these documents were from the Ching Dynasty. These old documents are very fragile and are kept in cases to prevent deterioration and damage.
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A rare book with illustrations on military moves.

A treaty or pact written in Arabic Script.

A treaty, pact written in Chinese calligraphy.

The following prints depicts military land and naval campaigns with narration written in Chinese calligraphy:

This blog comes in several pages, this is Gallery 103 at the first floor galleries:
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First 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
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