The scroll painting (part a) has a central image with a brown background with animals (red pandas?) playing in a rose garden. One brown and black striped animal is crouching down on a black rock from which a stem of a pink rose plant grows where a dark yellow butterfly flies overhead on the right side. Below this are other brown and black and white animals. Along the upper right hand side there are three vertical lines of black writing characters with two square red stamps with writing characters within underneath the outer line. Two more square red stamps with writing characters within are at the bottom of the picture, one in each corner. The central picture is surrounded by ornate cream-coloured fabric outlined with light brown. The scroll has ornate light blue fabric at the top and the bottom. Written on the back is the following: "_kao Feng Han 1683 - 1743 China". The top of the scroll has a semi-circular rod with dark red-brown and light cream-brown string going through four loops, and the bottom has a larger cylindrical rod with a four centimetre diameter which has been covered with a brown floral patterned fabric. The scroll is contained in a box and lid (parts b-c).

Green, blue, black and white image painted on a brown wooden panel. Paint is very badly flaked, depicting a central, standing figure in black and white robes holding a book.

Woodblock and painted print of two birds on a branch. Two small birds sitting on a two pronged black branch. Birds have white breasts, brown heads, and light orange-brown spots on their backs. Birds also have block wings and tail feathers. The leaves of the branch are light blue, green, grey, and orange. In the lower right corner, there is a round artists chop with two black calligraphy characters above it. The print is vertically rectangular.

Green, white, black and red coloured five Yuan bank note issued by The Central Bank of China in 1936. On one side of the bill to one side is a man with a white coloured moustache in a high collar black shirt next to a central green and black graphic design with light coloured Chinese characters in the centre. The bill is framed with green coloured graphic designs and Chinese characters in each corner. On the other side of the bill there is a picture of a building with stairs next to a black area. Underneath the image, "Five Yuan" written in bold. The bill is framed with green geometric designs with the number "5" printed in each corner. Issue number at the top of the bill on one side and the bottom of the bill on the other is 378923V.

Green, white, black and red coloured five Yuan bank note issued by The Central Bank of China in 1936. On one side of the bill to one side is a man with a white coloured moustache in a high collar black shirt next to a central green and black graphic design with light coloured Chinese characters in the centre. The bill is framed with green coloured graphic designs and Chinese characters in each corner. On the other side of the bill there is a picture of a building with stairs next to a black area. Underneath the image, "Five Yuan" written in bold. The bill is framed with green geometric designs with the number "5" printed in each corner. Issue number at the top of the bill on one side and the bottom of the bill on the other is 378943V.

Green, white, black and red coloured five Yuan bank note issued by The Central Bank of China in 1936. On one side of the bill to one side is a man with a white coloured moustache in a high collar black shirt next to a central green and black graphic design with light coloured Chinese characters in the centre. The bill is framed with green coloured graphic designs and Chinese characters in each corner. On the other side of the bill there is a picture of a building with stairs next to a black area. Underneath the image, "Five Yuan" written in bold. The bill is framed with green geometric designs with the number "5" printed in each corner. Issue number at the top of the bill on one side and the bottom of the bill on the other is 378912V.

Green, white, black and red coloured five Yuan bank note issued by The Central Bank of China in 1936. On one side of the bill to one side is a man with a white coloured moustache in a high collar black shirt next to a central green and black graphic design with light coloured Chinese characters in the centre. The bill is framed with green coloured graphic designs and Chinese characters in each corner. On the other side of the bill there is a picture of a building with stairs next to a black area. Underneath the image, "Five Yuan" written in bold. The bill is framed with green geometric designs with the number "5" printed in each corner. Issue number at the top of the bill on one side and the bottom of the bill on the other is 378930V.

Green, white and red 100000 Yuan bank note issued by the Central Bank of China in 1949. On one side of the bill, there is a portrait of a man with a dark moustache next to a central multicoloured graphic design with large light coloured Chinese characters in the centre. The bill is framed with green coloured graphic designs and Chinese characters in each corner. On the other side of the bill in the centre is a picture of building with a flag. "One Hundred Thousand Gold Yuan" is written in bold at the bottom of the bill. Each side has a large graphic "100000." The bill is framed with green coloured scrolled and circular designs.

Purple, white, red and blue coloured 100 Yuan bank note issued by the Central Bank of China in 1945. On one side of the bill, there are portraits of two men; one has a dark moustache and is turned to the side, the other has a white moustache and beard and is facing straight ahead. In the centre, are Chinese characters against a multi coloured graphic design background. The bill is framed with purple coloured graphic designs and Chinese characters in each corner. On the other side of the bill in the centre is a picture of a building near water. "One Hundred Yuan" is written at the bottom of the bill. The bill is framed with purple coloured zig zag designs.

Beige box (part a) with red vase and flower emblem on cover, two bone toggles and green coloured interior. The side of the box has 民间剪纸 ("folk paper-cutting"). Inside is a stack of 100 prints (part b) tied together. Each paper has an image on the front centre, and a number. The image on top paper (#1) is multicoloured, and is of a sitting figure.