虞山派

Yushan School

康熙南巡图

Kangxi's Southern   Tour

康熙皇帝

Emperor Kangxi

山水清晖

Clear Mountains and   Rivers" with a letter

康熙元年

in the first year of   Kangxi reign

浅绛设色

light crimson color   scheme

万壑树声满，千崖秋气高。壬寅腊月既望，虞山王翚

The sound of   thousands of trees fills the valleys, and the autumn atmosphere is high on   thousands of cliffs

白文印

white seal

嘉庆御览之宝

Treasure of Jiaqing   Imperial View

传统工笔重彩

traditional   meticulous brushwork and heavy colors

透视、明暗技法

perspective and   chiaroscuro technique

耕织图

plowing and weaving   paintings

乾隆

Qianlong reign

雍正四年

Yongzheng's reign

行乐图

a music piece

笔工色妍

brushwork is colorful

补景

retouching

俯视角度

a top-down   perspective

香光居士

Xiangguang Jushi

华亭派

Huating

文人画

paintings by scholars   and official

芦乡秋霁

Native Land of Reeds   in Autumn

鲈乡

Native Land of   Perches

癸丑（万历四十一年，1613）

Gui Chou (41st year   of Wan Li, 1613)

壬子（万历四十年，1612）

Ren Zi (40th year of   Wan Li, 1612)

工笔界画

meticulously and in   detail

界尺

Foot-ruler

浙派画法

Zhe school

鹤亭人

He Ting Ren

左笔山人

Zuo Bi Shan Ren

江夏派

Jiangxia School

白描

without color or   shading

成化

Cheng Hua

弘治

Hong Zhi period

画状元

Master of Paining

南宋院体

Southern Song   academic tradition

粗笔写意和工笔白描

bold free style,   meticulous style and traditional ink and brush style

工致

delicate and   exquisite

《灞桥风雪图》

the Ba River Bridge

半边一角

side corner method

清劲飞动

calm and vigorous   style

朱文印

carved in relief

明四家

Four Masters of the   Ming Dynasty

吴门画派

Wumen school

粗笔、细笔

brush and refined   brush

勾勒敷彩

outlines with   applying colors

石青、石绿

mineral blue and   mineral green

山水画

landscape paintings

《真赏斋图卷》

Zhen Shang Zhai

赭石

umber

《江南春》

Southern Spring

“徵”、“明”白文连珠印

seals in intagliated   characters "Zheng" and "Ming

唐朝九成宫

Jiucheng Palace

立领

standing collar

对襟

a front facing design

琥珀纽

amber buttons

清宫内府

Imperial Household   Department of the Qing Dynasty

乾隆御览之宝

Qianlong Imperial   Treasure

石渠宝笈

Shiqu Treasure   Collection

三希堂精鉴玺

Sanxitang Jingjian   Seal

《秋郊大猎赋》

Autumn Suburb Hunting   Ode

四僧

Four Monks

青云谱道院

Qingyunpu Taoist   Temple

八大山人

Ba Da Shan Ren

《妙法莲花经》

The Wonderful Dharma   Lotus Flower Sutra

《大乘佛教经——真法莲花》

The Mahayana   Sutra-The Lotus of The True Law

天道十四

The Fourteenth Noble   Act of Heaven

德道十七

The Seventeenth Noble   Act of Separate Virtues

赵小书风格

Zhao Mengfu’s   style

赵体

Zhao Style

白塔寺

Baita Temple

髹漆楠木盒

a lacquered nanmu box

滚边钉绫花

rolled edge nail silk   flowers

龙袍缂丝

the silk of the   dragon robe

香花供养

Fragrant Flowers   Offering

云龙纹包袱

Cloud Dragon Pattern   Bag

平纹绢

plain weave silk

绣祥云

auspicious clouds

平绣

flat embroidery

打籽

seeding

钉金

gold nailing

钉线

thread nailing

龙戏珠图案

dragon playing with   pearls in the central pattern

三羊铜罍

Bronze Lei Wine   Vessel with Three Ram Heads

平谷刘家河

Liujiahe Tomb in Pinggu   District

方唇

a wide mouth

折肩

a curving shoulder

高圈足

a high slanting ring   foot

平行凸弦纹

bowstring lines

目雷纹

mulei pattern

嵌松石龙首带钩

Turquoise-inlaid   Dragon-head Shaped Belt Hook

龙首状

a dragon head-shaped

绿松石

turquoise

人形足双耳洗

Bronze Basin Xi with   Human-shaped Legs

兽首衔环

two rings in beast   heads

凸弦纹

raised cords

日常盥洗用具

daily-used washing   vessel

河北文物研究所

Hebei Provincial   Institute of Cultural Relics

狼牙山

Langyashan

战国晚期

the late Warring   States Period

人形足敦

human-shaped legs

镶贝壳鎏金鹿

Shell-inlaid Gilded   Deer

海贝

seashell

错金波斯文索耳鬲炉

Gold-inlaid Incense   Burner with Cord-shaped Ears and Persian Inscription

绹索形直耳

cord-shaped upright   ears

圆肩

a round shoulder

鼓腹

a bulging belly

浅分裆

shallow crotches

连续回纹

continuous square   spiral pattern

错波斯文字

Persian characters

番莲花

passionflowers

缠枝灵芝纹

Ganoderma

明代景泰元年（公元1450年）

1450 AD, or the first   year of Jingtai in Ming Dynasty

堇鼎

Bronze Ding Tripod   Cauldron of Jin

相对的夔龙纹

a pair of confronted   dragons

伯矩鬲

Bronze Li Lobed   Tripod Cauldron Inscribed by Bo Ju

平盖

a flat lid

短扉棱

short   flanges

八卦纹投壶

Bronze Pitch Pot Tou   Hu with Eight Diagrams

长直颈

a long straight neck

鼓腹，下腹渐收

a bulging belly   tapering downwards

雷纹

a thunder pattern

瓦纹

a tile pattern

回纹

square spiral pattern

弦纹

bow-string designs

八卦纹

an Eight-Diagrams   pattern

莲瓣纹

lotus petal pattern

投壶游戏

Tou Hu (pitch-pot)

春秋战国

Spring and Autumn   Period or Warring States Period

大成就者毗瓦巴像

Statue of Mahasiddha   Birwapa

毗瓦巴

Birwapa

藏传佛教萨迦派

Sa-Skya-pa of   Tibetan Buddhism

螺卷胡须

a spiral beard

璎珞

with jeweled   necklaces and strings of ornaments

钏镯

bracelet

大明永乐年施"铭文

characters of Da Ming   Yong Le Nian Shi

青花云龙纹尊

Blue-and-white Zun   with Dragon Among Clouds Pattern

侈口

a trumpet mouth

如意云纹

S-shaped clouds

大清雍正年制

Made in the year of   Yong Zheng of Qing Dynasty

莲花手菩萨像

Statue of Padmapani

吐蕃王朝

Tibetan Buddhist

藏传佛像

Tubo Dynasty

三花冠

a triple crown

翻领长袍

a collar robe

莲茎

the stem

大莲座

padmasana

U形宝缯翻卷

U-shaped silk fabrics

四臂观音菩萨像

Statue of Four-armed   Avalokitesvara

雪域怙主

Snow Manjushri

禅思带

the belt of   meditation

念珠

a rosary

跏趺坐四臂观音

a statue of   Four-armed Avalokitesvara

游戏坐莲花手菩萨像

a statue of Padmapani   sitting in playing gesture

叠涩式台座

corbel style pedestal

舟形火焰纹

boat-shaped flame   pattern

四世班禅喇嘛像

Statue of the Fourth   Panchen Lama

僧裙

monk dress

袈裟

kasaya

僧氅

monk cloak

藏文铭文

inscriptions of   Tibetan

生身舍利

the sarira

大日如来像

Statue of   Mahavairochana

阿弥陀佛像

Statue of Amitabha

阿弥陀佛

the Western Paradise

青花轮花纹抱月瓶

Blue-and-white Baoyue   Bottle with Wheel Patterns

永乐时期

In the reign of   Yongle

西亚地区

West Asia

几何纹

geometric patterns

植物纹

plant patterns

腹部轮花纹

belly bearing wheel   patterns

花浇

watering pots

水注

water dropper

大盘

platter

大扁壶

large oval pot

折沿盆

basins with folded   rims

青花人物故事纹大笔筒

Large Blue-and-white   Brush Pot with Design of Human Figures

元章凤字形紫金石砚

Zijin Stone Inkslab   Shaped Like the Character for 'Phoenix'

紫金石

Zijin stones

《砚史》

History of Inkslabs

宋四家

Four Song Masters

青花麒麟纹盘

Blue-and-white Plate   with Design of Kylin

麒麟纹

kylin (Chinese   unicorn)

麟、凤、龟、龙“四灵”

"four   spirits" ( kylin, , phoenix, turtle and dragon)

元代景德镇窑

Jingdezhen Yao in   Yuan Dynasty

景德镇窑红釉印花龙纹盘

Jingdezhen-kiln   Red-glazed Plate with Stamped Dragon Pattern

红釉瓷

Red-glazed porcelain

青花灵芝纹鼻烟壶

Blue and white   Snuff Bottle with Mythic Fungus Design

六棱形

hexagonal in shape

鼻烟壶

a snuff   bottle

缸瓦窑白釉剔花填黑彩梅瓶

Gangwa-kiln   White-glazed Prunus Vase with Engraved Floral Design Against Black Background

京绣枕顶

Jing Embroidery   Pillow Top

无捻劈绒

green untwisted yarn

铺针、缠线、打籽、戗针、套针、网绣

 gradations and stereotypical   effect produced through a variety of stitches

青玉胡人戏狮纹带板

Sapphire Belt Plaque   with Marks of Barbarians Playing with Lions

铊尾

thallium tail

玉带板

jade belt plaques

镂雕法

 engravings

素面

plain surfaces

深雕地子

 sunken ground deep   carvings

浮雕人物戏狮图案

patterns of figures   playing with lions

雕刻如意云纹

rectangles carved in   Ruyi-sceptre cloud design

青玉"福寿平安"如意

Sapphire Ruyi-sceptre   of Fortune

玉如意

The sapphire   Ruyi-sceptre

绺纹

lock patterns

灵芝纹

glossy ganoderma

白玉鸳鸯柄圆盒

White Round Jade Box   with Mandarin-Duck-Like Handles

青玉仙人出行山子

Rock-shaped Green   Jade Article Carved with Figures of Walking Immortals

远山近景技法

far mountains and   near sceneries

青玉船

Sapphire Boat

青玉宴饮图插屏

Sapphire Table Screen   with Feast Picture

玉插屏

Jade table screens

阴线

incised lines

多层浮雕技法

multi-level relief   techniques

青白玉鹭鸶衔莲荷叶形卣

Greenish White Jade   Tankard in the Shape of an Egret Holding Lotus Leaves

镂雕

the techniques of   openwork

白玉童子诗文佩

White Jade Pendant   with Patterns of Children and a Poem

天朝万岁

Tianchao Wansui Coin

折十型大钱

a big copper coin   worth ten cash

一刀平五千

Yidao Ping Wuqian   Coin

阴文篆书

incised seal   characters

一枚错刀

one knife-shaped coin

五铢钱

wuzhu coins

同治重宝

Tongzhi Zhonhbao Coin

铜质雕母

a copper prototype

咸丰元宝

Xianfeng Yuanbao Coin

咸淳元宝

Xianchun Yuanbao Coin

雕母

sand-cast

翻砂浇铸

prototype

皇宋通宝

Huangsong Tongbao   coin

九叠篆书体

Jiudiezhuan script

云凤纹金瓶

Gold Bottle with   Cloud and Phoenix Pattern

卷草纹

a scroll pattern

云凤纹

cloud and phoenix   pattern

鎏金银覆面

Gilt Silver Funerary   Mask

太白醉酒八方盏

Octagonal Wine Cup   with An Image of Drunken Li Bai

圆雕太白醉酒像

an image of drunken   Li Bai

嵌宝石龙纹带盖金执壶

Gem-inlaid Lidded   Gold Kettle with Dragon Pattern

撇口

a flaring mouth

束颈

 a narrow neck

莲瓣纹

lotus petals

四爪翼龙

four-clawed winged   dragons

嵌宝石桃形金杯

Gem-inlaid   Peach-shaped Gold Cup

重檐楼阁

The multi-eaves   building

錾花金什件

Gold Accessory with   Embossed Patterns

小缀物

The little pendants

桃式澄泥砚

Peach-shaped Chengni   Inkslab

中国四大名砚

the four most famous   types of Chinese inkslabs

风干

 air-dried

绛褐色

reddish brown

大明宝钞

Daming Baochao Paper   Money

宝钞提举司

a paper money bureau

翻手式洮河石砚

Taohe Inkslab

石色淡绿，绿中泛黄

a light green color   with a yellow tint

游龙戏水纹饰

lifelike dragons   playing with water