Collection · Taipei, Taiwan

National Palace Museum

National Palace Museum, Taipei: 72,262 works shared openly by the museum, shown in Auriaan as a galaxy of stars.

Opens the Auriaan flight. Every work is a star; the picture and its details come live from the museum.

At the museum

The museum's own page: Digital archive, National Palace Museum. Credit line used in Auriaan: National Palace Museum, Taipei · CC BY 4.0.

Tankard with floral decoration in underglaze blue · China, Ming dynasty · National Palace Museum, Taipei · CC BY 4.0 · View at the museum
In the tour Blue and white
Foliated bronze mirror decorated with Moon Palace · China, Tang dynasty · National Palace Museum, Taipei · CC BY 4.0 · View at the museum
In the tour The moon
Narcissus basin with bluish-green glaze, Ru ware · China, Northern Song dynasty · National Palace Museum, Taipei · CC BY 4.0 · View at the museum
In the tour How old is it?

Blue and whiteHow cobalt blue on white travelled from China to Turkey, Holland, Japan, Mexico, Korea and England: ten pieces, roughly in the order they were made.
The moonA god, a hare, a bodhisattva, a crescent, a castle, a jar, geese, photographs, the sea and a city by night: the moon in ten works from around the world.
How old is it?Eight works from four museums. Guess when each was made before you hear the story: some are far older than they look, and two are younger.