These are 32 Buddhist bronzes dating from the Northern Wei (386-534) to the Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. They were formerly owned by Nitta Munekazu, a Japanese collector of Chinese descent, and had previously come to the National Palace Museum for a loan exhibition in 1987.
這是卅二件由北魏到明清間的金銅佛像，原為日籍華裔收藏家新田棟一所有，民國七十六年曾來故宮借展。