Daoist album leaf. Gold painted Chinese calligraphy in 20 columns on a piece of brown silk that has been mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Daoist album leaf. Gold painted Chinese calligraphy in 20 columns on a piece of brown silk that has been mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Calligraphy depicting a series of black ink bird and butterfly images in a column on a piece of off-white rectangular paper. At the side are a series of Chinese characters with a stamped red seal in a column that runs from the middle of the page to the bottom.

Daoist album leaf. Gold painted Chinese calligraphy in six columns on a piece of brown silk that has been mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper. The text relates to Xu Xun and the depiction of five deities railing against a hazard.

Daoist album leaf. Gold painted Chinese calligraphy in four columns on a piece of brown silk that has been mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper. The text relates to Xu Xun and the depiction of the tempering of a sword in the River Xiu.

Calligraphy on rolled paper. Seven large black Chinese characters. The calligraphy has a light green fabric border. There is a semi-cylindrical rod at the top with a white ribbon bound by metal wire. There is a cylindrical rod weight at the bottom covered with brown geometric patterned fabric on grey.

Single sheet of calligraphy. The text is on a diagonal, in large and small writing, surrounded by brown background that follows the shape of the writing all on a gold background. This is framed by a dark blue border with a gold floral pattern. A dark blue triangle with writing and a floral motif appears in the upper right corner of the border. Two white-brownish bands with gold floral patterns appear beside the sides of the previous blue border. On the other side of these, an orange, brown, and gold strip appears. Writing appears above the image. On the reverse side, there is writing and a translation of the image.

Single sheet of calligraphy in a very linear pattern surrounded by a yellow-white cloud-like background that follows the shape of the writing on a background of gold. This is surrounded by multiple frames in black, bronze, red, and blue, and gold. A red border appears closer to the edges of the paper support. There is a hand-written note in the centre of the reverse side.

Calligraphy on the insides of two hinged sheets. The left image shows text, widely spaced, on a background of light blue-grey with gold patterning. Two triangles appear, one in the upper right corner, and one in a lower left corner that is created by a line that divides the writing a quarter of the way up from the bottom of the image. Floral motifs appear in the triangles, one of which has writing as well. Two of the writing elements extend into the dark orange border. A dark blue border frames the orange one all on a light pink background. Writing appears above the left image. The right image has writing on a light blue-grey background with a gold and floral pattern around it. A strong zigzag border separates the writing from triangles of blue and gold with delicate floral motifs. Again, a dark orange and dark blue frame surrounds the image on a light pink background. There are translations of each writing image with the possible author on the front cover. Writing appears in the upper right corner on the front cover and in the upper left corner on the back cover. Small writing appears in lower left corner on the front cover. Written comment also appears on the front cover. More writing appears on the back cover.

Calligraphy on the insides of two hinged sheets. The left image shows three columns of writing with each phrase surrounded by borders, and a gold background. The first column has white surrounding the shape of the words, and the separate borders run diagonally. The columns of writing are surrounded by gold, black, dark blue, and light orange borders on a blue background. Writing appears above the left image in black ink. The right image is the same except it is the third column that has the writing on a diagonal. There is a small character on the lower left corner of the front cover and a different one on the lower right corner on the back cover.