Of the 42 pieces on show, 19 were lent by the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art while a Tang dynasty stele came from the Princeton University Art Museum.
大都會博物館十分重視這次合作展出，特派東方部副主任何泰文親自來台，瞭解史博館擁有合乎國際水準的場地、設備以及各項完善的防護措施後，乃決定全力相助，儘可能提供展品。