CHINESE COLLECTION

 

 

ROTATING COLLECTION:

 

I.  Written Materials

1.  Book:  Moonbeams, Dumplings, & Dragonboats

2.  Book:  The Nature of the Chinese Character

3.  Book:  The Tangram Puzzle

4.  Book: Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of Emperor Huang (coming soon)

5.  Kits:  Discover Terra Cotta Warriors of Qin Shi Huang, The First    Emperor (2)

6.  Book & Kit:  Chinese Oragami

7.  Book:  Ancient China Stencils

8.  Book:  Tsui Museum of Art

9.  Red folder containing project ideas

 

II.  Toys

1.  Chinese Yo-Yo

2.  3 Chinese School Books

3.  New Year Noisemakers (6)

4.  (1) Plastic Abacus, (1) Wooden Abacus

5.  Chinese Chess Set

6.  New Year’s Dragon Marionette

7.  Wooden Tangram (coming soon)

 

III.  Artifacts and Personal Items

A. Costume

1.  Province Hats (3)

2.  Red silk children’s outfit

3.  (4) Wood and Paper fans

4.  Red silk kimono

5.  White silk kimono

            B.  Artifacts

                        1.  Terracotta Warriors

            C.  Sustenance

                        1.  Mooncake box

2.  Porcelain Rice Wine Decanter

3.  Blue Porcelain bowl and chopstick holder

4.  5 sets of chopsticks

5.  Porcelain Plate

6.  Bamboo Steamer

 

IV.  Other Items

1.  Silk Rug sample

2.  Empress Wall Hanging

3.  3 red Luck Money envelopes

4.  White Jade Pendant (in silk purse)

5.  10 Bamboo paint brushes

6.  20 Plastic water tins

7.  Box of ink

8.  Maroon silk backdrop

9.  Red Shawl

10.  Felt red circle with Chinese characters

11.  Bamboo Calendar

12.  Dragon Statue

13.  Small Lantern

 

IN STORAGE:

 

V.  Artwork

            1.  Buddha Teaching from Dunhuang, Tang Dynasty

            2.  Horse and Willow Tree in Moonlight, 13th & 14th c.

            3.  Children Playing, Kano Yeitcku

4.  TIC TOC, leather brush art stamped with chop, hanging on back wall in storage room

            5.  Cork carving of pagodas, triptych in black lacquer frame, on shelf with Irises

            6.  Shell relief picture of cranes, on shelf with Irises

 

 

VI.  Library

            1.  Arts of Asia, Special Chinese Issue, May-June 1989

            2.  Living Buddhism, Andrew Powell & Graham Harrison

 

VII.  Other

            1.  Large Wooden Abacus