Audio Guide

Free audio guide is now available for the "The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Women and Femininity in Ancient China – Treasures from the Nanjing Museum" exhibition. You may listen to the audio guide by clicking the exhibits below, or scan the QR code inside the gallery with a mobile device to access the audio guide during your visit. To minimize the disturbance to other visitors in the gallery, please enjoy the audio guide with your own earphones for a better experience.

 

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Women and Femininity in Ancient China – Treasures from the Nanjing Museum

1. Exhibition Introduction

 

  Audio Guide Script

 

 

Ancient court ladies at leisure (detail)

2. Ancient court ladies at leisure (detail)
   Anonymous
   Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
   Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
   
   Audio Guide Script
   

 

Ode to the plum blossoms

3. Ode to the plum blossoms
   Chen Hongshou (1598–1652)
   Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
   1649
   Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
   
   Audio Guide Script
   

 

 

Lady holding a fan

4. Lady holding a fan
   Ren Xiong (1823–1857)
   Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
   1855
   Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
   
   Audio Guide Script
   

 

Pottery figure of a female dancer

5. Pottery figure of a female dancer
   Tang dynasty (618–907)
   Earthenware
   
   Audio Guide Script
   

 

Golden court crown

6. Golden court crown
   Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
   Gold, gemstone
   
   Audio Guide Script
   

 

Painted lacquer box enclosing seven boxes

7. Painted lacquer box enclosing seven boxes
   Western Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 8)
   Wood, lacquer
   
   Audio Guide Script
   

 

Sedan chair

8. Sedan chair
   Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
   Wood, textile
   
   Audio Guide Script
   

 

Flowers and butterflies

9. Flowers and butterflies
   Ma Quan (Unknown)
   Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
   1760
   Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
   
   Audio Guide Script
   

 

Duan inkstone

10. Duan inkstone
     Gu Erniang (Unknown)
     Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
     Stone, lacquer
   
     Audio Guide Script
   

 

American actress – Beecher

11. American actress – Beecher
    Shen Shou (1874–1921)
    1914–1916
    Embroidery
    
    Audio Guide Script
    

 

Li Duanduan

12. Li Duanduan
    Tang Yin (1470–1524)
    Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
    Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
    
    Audio Guide Script
    

 

Oracle bone

13. Oracle bone
    Shang dynasty (c. 16th–11th c. BC)
    Bone
    
    Audio Guide Script
    

 

Imperial award to the wife of the Prince of the First Rank

14. Imperial award to the wife of the Prince of the First Rank
    Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
    1813
    Gold
    
    Audio Guide Script
    

Collections of the Nanjing Museum
Image courtesy of the Nanjing Museum