The Shanghai Museum is shaped like an ancient bronze vessel |
The museum was totally rebuilt in 1994 |
Outside the musem |
Don't be put off by the large number of Chinese school groups |
Looking down on the central atrium of the Shanghai Museum |
Ancient Chinese Sculpture Gallery |
Stone Lokapala, Song Dynasty 960-1279 AD |
Painted and gilded wood bodhisattva, Song Dynasty |
Pottery maid-servant and civil official, Southern Tang (943 AD) |
Stone Bodhisattva, Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) |
Stone Lokapala, Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) |
Stone Bodhisattva, Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) |
Standing Buddha, gold painted stone, Northern Qi (550-577 AD) |
Buddhist Triad, gold painted stone, Northern/Eastern Wei (386-550 AD) |
Sakyamuni Buddha, stone, Northern Qi (550-577 AD) |
Thousand Buddha Stele, Northern Zhou (557-581 AD) |
Thousand Buddha Stele, Northern Zhou (557-581 AD) |
Standing Bodhisattva, gold painted stone, Northern Wei (386-534 AD) |
Stone Buddha, Northern Qi (550-577 AD) |
Tathagata Buddha, Northern Zhou (559 AD) |
Buddha, Eastern Wei (534-550 AD) |
Pottery Dog, Eastern Han (25-220 AD) |
Bronze wine vessel with animal mask, mid-Shang (15-13 C. BC |
Gallery of Ancient Chinese Bronzes - Ox-shaped wine vessel, late Shang (13th-11th C. BC) |
Food vessel, early Western Zhou (11th C. BC) |
Bronze food vessel, early Western Zhou (11th C. BC) |
Food vessel with ram heads, late Shang (13th-11th C. BC) |
Bronze water vessel of Zi Zhong Jiang (7th C. BC) |
Detail of water vessel |
Bells of Marquis Su of Jin, western Zhou (mid 9th C. BC) |
Ox-shaped bronze wine vessel (early 6th C. BC) |
Detail of bronze water vessel (early 6th C. BC) |
Bronze wine vessel with dragon spout and animal mask (7th-6th C. BC) |
Cowrie-container with 8 Yaks, western Han (206 BC-8 AD) |
Bronze drums |
Gallery of Minority Nationalities, Shanghai Museum |
Miao Nationality, Leishang, Guizhou Province |
Manchu embroidered court dress |
Embroidered dragon |
Detail of Qing dynasty court dress with dragon and cloud pattern |
Mongol woman's festive attire, Chaha'er, Inner Mongolia |
Tibetan woman's festive attire, Xiehe, Gansu Province |
Salmon fish skin jacket, Hezhen Nationality, Tongjiang, Heilongjiang Province |
Oroqen Nationality, Heilongjiang Province |
Woman's dress, Tu Nationality |
Yugur woman's festive attire, Zhangye, Gansu Province |
Uzbek woman's cape, Kashi, Xinjiang Uygr Autonomous Region |
Yi nationality, Liangshan, Sichuan Province |
Yao nationality, Jinxiu, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region |
Woven wool coat, Lhopa Nationality, Caiyu, Tibet |
Woven wool blouse, Lhopa naitionality, Caiyu, Tibet |
Gilt bronze Bodhisattva Manjursi, Tibet |
Gilt bronze Bodhisattva Manjursi, Tibet |
Gilt copper white tara, Tibet |
Gilt copper Ushnishavaisaya, Tibet |
Gilt bronze Buddha, Tibet |
Fishing boat, Gaoshan nationality, Lanyu, Taiwan |
Carved wood dragon figurehead, Miao nationality, Taijiang, Guizhou Province |
Color lacquered Tiaoshen mask, Tibet |
Color lacquered Tiaoshen mask, Tibet |
Yang Lin, Guizhou Province |
Ancient Chinese Jade Gallery - late Shang (13th-11th C. BC) |
Divine figure, Longshan culture, 24th-20th C. BC |
Jade mountain, Qianlong Reign (1736-1795), Qing Dynasty |
Three sheep, jade, Qianlong Reign (1736-1795), Qing Dynasty |
Belt plaque, jade, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) |
Ming and Qing Furniture Gallery, Shanghai Museum |
Display cabinet with engraved bird design, mid-Qing |
Screen set in a stand with engraved and jade inlaid cloud and dragon design, mid-Qing |
Square corner cabinet with engraved cloud and dragon design, Zitan wood |
Detail of engraved cloud and dragon design, Qing |
Screen set and throne chair, Qing |
Screen set in a stand with wood-inlaid panel, Qing |
Detail of screen, Zitan wood, Qing |
Detail of screen, Yinxing wood |
Coin Gallery, Shanghai Museum |
Victorian Hong Kong dollar, 1866 |
100 Dollar note |
Chinese bronze cash coins |
Chinese gold coin |
Coins of the Silk Road |
Calligraphy Gallery, Shanghai Museum - Deng Yan (1743-1805) |
Couplet of 8 Characters, Zhao Zhiqan (1869) |
Chun Yu Tie by Xu Wei (1567-1572) |
Calligraphy gallery, Shanghai Museum |
Calligraphy gallery, Shanghai Museum |
Gallery of Chinese Seals, Shanghai Museum |
Gallery of Chinese Seals |
Chinese Painting Gallery, Shanghai Museum |
Autumn Mountains in Sunset Glow by Wu Qingyun, 1914 |
A Pair of Deer by Gao Weng (1889-1933) |
Landscape Painting Dedicated to Dian Yi by Zheng Min (ca. 1666) |
A Special Mountain Scenery by Yang Wencong (1636) |
Thatched Houses and a Mill Wheel by Wang Jian (1668) |
Bamboo, Rocks and Birds by Wang Yuan (1344) |
Image of Buddha Sykyamuni, mid-Tang |
Gallery of Ancient Chinese Ceramics, Shanghai Museum |
Evil Spirit Exorciser, Han (206 BC-220 AD) |
Polychrome Glazed Pottery Camel, Sui (581-618 AD) |
Celadon Lion-Shaped Evil Spirit Exorciser, western Jin (265-317 AD) |
Celadon Jar, western Jin (265-317 AD) |
Polychrome glazed pottery of man on camel, Tang (618-907 AD) |
Heavenly Guardian, Tang (618-908 AD) |
Heavenly Guardian, Tang (618-908 AD) |
Tomb Guardian Beast, Tang (618-907 AD) |
Heavenly Guardian, Tang (618-907) |
Detail of Heavenly Guardian, Tang (618-907) |
Polychrome glazed pottery horse, Tang (618-907 AD) |
Colored pottery camel, Tang (618-907) |
Polychroome painted figurine of seated woman, Cizhou ware, Jin (1115-1234) |
Jar with underglaze blue design of clouds and dragons, Jingdezhen ware, mid-15th C. |
Underglaze blue statue of man blowing conch, Jingdezhen ware, Wanli Reign (1573-1620), Ming |
Vase with underglaze blue design of landscape, Jingdezhen ware, Kangxi Reign (1662-1722) |
Famille Vert vase with design of Liu Bei's Marriage Story, Jingdezhen ware, Kangxi Reign (1662-1722) |
Buddha, Zhangzhou ware, Chenghua Reign (1465-1487), Ming |
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Ming (1368-1644) |
Special exhibition of Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang Dynasty treasures |
Terracotta Warriors, Shanghai Museum |
Terracotta Warriors, Shanghai Museum |
Shanghai Museum |