| CHINESE ART TREASURES GUARDED IN AIR CONDITIONED CAVE Art treasures from China on display in Taiwan. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8696 |
| Catalog #: | 39679 | |
| Clip Number: | 39679-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 3239 A | |
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| Year Shot: | 1959 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ART: Exhibitions | |
| Description: | CHINESE ART TREASURES GUARDED IN AIR CONDITIONED CAVE Art treasures from China on display in Taiwan. LS Central and Palace Museum as visitors enter. MS Pan inside museum. MS Visitors looking at Porcelain objects of the Ching Dynasty the last of the Dynasties 1583 to 1911. MCU Ching Dynasty objects on display being studied by visitors. CU Ching Dynasty objects. MCU Mother and sons observing Jade objects of the Ching Dynasty in glass covered display case. MS Bigger than life painting of Emperor Kao Tsung of the Tang Dynasty A.D. 650 to 684 being observed by two chinese art lovers. CU Pan of painting on silk by Mi Fei of the Sung Dynasty. CU Famous painting of two hroses and a groom by Han Kan court artist and famous painter of hroses of the Tank Dynasty Ad 618-907. CU Painting of a Palace Music party for the Queen. MLS Cave in which most valuable of the art treasures are stored. It is air-conditioned and bomb proof. MCU Closing the outer doors of the cave. MLS Workers wheeling out huge art storage chests. MLS Curator of the Palace Museum Shang-yen Chuang brings out some museum pieces from the warehouse of sinspection as art chests arrive. Ms.Curator Shang-yen Chuang sorts small art chests being handed him by an assistant. From aluminium cases being subsititued for the original wooden cases that housed the art objects in their flight form the mainlane they remove carefully wrapped specimens. MCU A carefully worked jade cut-flower container. CU The Emperor's drinking cup intricately carved form jake. MS Curator inspecting replica of a winged chiling carved form jade. Extreme close-up. Jade chiling or ceremonial lion being photographed for the first time. It was made during the Sixth Dynasty AD 220-265. Extreme CU Believed to be the only one in existence and also being photographed for the first time is this minute jade fob. MCU Porcelain and Chinese craftmanship are synonymous. The Chun vase on the left with its raised ram heads design and the beautiful purple-hued bowl on the right are two of the museum's dinest specimens. MCU Bronze vesself rom the Chou Dynasty is almost 3000 years old. Extreme CU showing the intricate carvings made on the cast bronze surface. CU Unique Four legged food container More than 3000 years old and in perfect condition. | |
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