Field Museum of Natural History

The Field Museum of Natural History will use its grant to treat 159 important Chinese rubbings from highly significant sites and works of renowned calligraphers. These rubbings are from a collection of about 4,500 rubbings made between the 15th and 20th centuries of original images dating back to the late Zhou Dynasty (ca. 500 BCE). Chinese ink rubbings are impressions on paper from low-relief or intaglio inscriptions and designs on stone, metal, and other hard materials.