Taiwan masterpieces exhibition in Japan uncertain  

台北故宫否认镇院之宝确定赴日展出 仍待评估

据台湾“中广新闻网”报道，针对有媒体报道明年6月台北故宫将送“翠玉白菜”等珍贵文物到日本展出一事，台北故宫博物院26日表示，还在与东京国立博物馆研议展览内容及执行细节，一旦签订合约确认展出文物，一定会公开发布讯息。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Taipei's Palace Museum has denied the report that famous masterpieces at the Museum, including the "Jadeite Cabbage with Insects," will be displayed in Japan next year, according to the latest report in Taiwan.

The museum said the discussion with Tokyo National Museum is still going on and the exhibit list will be announced once a contract is signed, it added.

A report on Thursday cited the head of Taiwan's legislature Wang Jin-pyng at a press conference in Japan, saying that more than 200 pieces, including the famous masterpiece "Early Spring" by Guo Xi from the Song Dynasty (960-1279), "Jadeite Cabbage with Insects" and the "meat-shaped stone," have been selected to be exhibited by Taipei's Place Museum and the Tokyo National Museum.

The "cabbage" is a piece of jadeite carved into the shape of a Chinese cabbage, with a locust and katydid camouflaged in the leaves. The sculpture is considered an allegory for female virtue, with the white stalk symbolizing purity, the leaves denoting fertility and abundance, and the locust and katydid representing children.

As the most famous work at Taipei's Palace Museum, it was probably a dowry gift to the imperial Consort Jin for marrying the Qing dynasty emperor Guangxu (1871-1908) in 1889.