General information: This piece was made during the reign of the Yongle emperor, so it is dated between 1403-24. The piece itself is a red lacquer box with decorations inlaid with gold, it also contains a brass lock and key. This box, following its name, was made to hold a sutra (a sacred Buhdist text).…

General Information: This piece was made by Wu Boli between the late 14th to early 15th centuries. Wu Boli was a Daoist priest at the Shangqing Temple on Dragon Tiger Mountain, he painted this piece for Zhang Yuchu, the 43rd Daoist “pope”. This piece is ink painted onto a hanging scroll and was based off…

General information: This porcelain jar has painted details in cobalt blue and is converted in a transparent glaze. According to the marking on the shoulder of the jar this was made in the Xuande period. That dates this jar around 1426-35. This jar was created for court. The details depict a dragon flying through the…