# 15th-century China

Time and place · hang 749 · 4 works

Works made in China in the 15th century.

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

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Pillars of the Country](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/pillars-of-the-country-aic-79507), Yao Shou, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1494. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-china/pillars-of-the-country-aic-79507?hang=749)
2. [Parting at the Gate of the Capital](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/parting-at-the-gate-of-the-capital-aic-36597), Yao Shou, Ming dynasty (1369–1644), 15th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-china/parting-at-the-gate-of-the-capital-aic-36597?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

3. [Windblown bamboo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/windblown-bamboo-met-44590), Xia Chang, ca. 1460. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-china/windblown-bamboo-met-44590?hang=749)
4. [Two hawks in a thicket](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-hawks-in-a-thicket-met-45676), Lin Liang, mid- 15th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-china/two-hawks-in-a-thicket-met-45676?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Lin Liang's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-lin-liang?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [More Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/chinese-painting?hang=749&via=continue) (76 works)