# Chinese Painting

North wing: East Asia · hang 749 · 76 works

Ink and colour on silk and paper, from imperial courts to scholars' retreats.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/desk-album-flower-and-bird-paintings-cma-143238), Zhang Ruoai, 1700s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/desk-album-flower-and-bird-paintings-cma-143238?hang=749)
2. [Portrait of the artist’s great-granduncle Yizhai at the age of eighty-five](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-the-artist-s-great-granduncle-yizhai-at-the-age-met-36081), Ruan Zude, dated 1561 or 1621. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/portrait-of-the-artist-s-great-granduncle-yizhai-at-the-age-met-36081?hang=749)
3. [Two magpies under an orchid cliff](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-magpies-under-an-orchid-cliff-si-fsg-f1911-309), Lü Ji, 15th century. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/two-magpies-under-an-orchid-cliff-si-fsg-f1911-309?hang=749)
4. [Shakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shakyamuni-triad-buddha-attended-by-manjushri-and-samantabha-cma-148381), Unrecorded Chinese maker, c. 900. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/shakyamuni-triad-buddha-attended-by-manjushri-and-samantabha-cma-148381?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

5. [Sheep and shepherd-boy under a willow](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sheep-and-shepherd-boy-under-a-willow-si-fsg-f1909-244e), Li Song, 1368-1644. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/sheep-and-shepherd-boy-under-a-willow-si-fsg-f1909-244e?hang=749)
6. [Returning home after harvest](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/returning-home-after-harvest-si-fsg-f1916-583), Han Huang, 17th century?. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/returning-home-after-harvest-si-fsg-f1916-583?hang=749)
7. [Album of Seasonal Landscapes](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/album-of-seasonal-landscapes-cma-132833), Xiao Yuncong, 1668. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/album-of-seasonal-landscapes-cma-132833?hang=749)
8. [Zhongli Quan seeking the Dao](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/zhongli-quan-seeking-the-dao-si-fsg-f1916-114), Sun Zhiwei, 15th century. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/zhongli-quan-seeking-the-dao-si-fsg-f1916-114?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

9. [Two eagles](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-eagles-met-39540), Bada Shanren (Zhu Da), dated 1702. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/two-eagles-met-39540?hang=749)
10. [Two crested birds on a branch; autumn leaves](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-crested-birds-on-a-branch-autumn-leaves-si-fsg-f1909-249h), Zhao Boju, 18th century. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/two-crested-birds-on-a-branch-autumn-leaves-si-fsg-f1909-249h?hang=749)
11. [Flowers, plants, and insects](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/flowers-plants-and-insects-si-fsg-f1909-237), Huang Quan, 16th century. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/flowers-plants-and-insects-si-fsg-f1909-237?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

12. [Portrait of an Official](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-an-official-aic-241750), Gu Jianlong, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 17th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/portrait-of-an-official-aic-241750?hang=749)
13. [Wild geese descending to a sandbar](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/wild-geese-descending-to-a-sandbar-si-fsg-f1916-563), Jiang Shen, 1368-1644. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/wild-geese-descending-to-a-sandbar-si-fsg-f1916-563?hang=749)
14. [Realm of the immortals](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/realm-of-the-immortals-si-fsg-f1918-13), Li Gonglin, 17th century. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/realm-of-the-immortals-si-fsg-f1918-13?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

15. [Landscape in the style of Huang Gongwang](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/landscape-in-the-style-of-huang-gongwang-met-40019), Wang Shimin, 1666. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/landscape-in-the-style-of-huang-gongwang-met-40019?hang=749)
16. [Ghosts](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/ghosts-aic-46356), Yao Luan, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1893. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting/ghosts-aic-46356?hang=749)

## Doors

- [The Sea](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/the-sea?hang=749&via=continue) (24 works)
- [Chinese Painting, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/chinese-painting?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiQ1JDbjBLRlEifQ)