# 17th-century China

Time and place · hang 749 · 18 works

Works made in China in the 17th century.

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/era/17-china/desk-album-flower-and-bird-paintings-cma-143238?hang=749)
2. [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/era/17-china/album-of-seasonal-landscapes-cma-132833?hang=749)
3. [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/era/17-china/landscape-in-the-style-of-huang-gongwang-met-40019?hang=749)
4. [Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf C (previous leaf 6)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/album-of-seasonal-landscapes-leaf-c-previous-leaf-6-cma-132839), Xiao Yuncong, 1668. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/album-of-seasonal-landscapes-leaf-c-previous-leaf-6-cma-132839?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

5. [Fish and rocks](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fish-and-rocks-met-41491), Bada Shanren (Zhu Da), dated 1699. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/fish-and-rocks-met-41491?hang=749)
6. [Lonely Retreat Overlooking a Misty Valley](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lonely-retreat-overlooking-a-misty-valley-cma-137120), Sheng Maoye, 1630. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/lonely-retreat-overlooking-a-misty-valley-cma-137120?hang=749)
7. [Snow Clearing: Landscape after Li Cheng](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/snow-clearing-landscape-after-li-cheng-met-40021), Wang Hui, dated 1669. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/snow-clearing-landscape-after-li-cheng-met-40021?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

8. [Herbaceous Peony](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/herbaceous-peony-cma-143237), Yun Shouping, 1685. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/herbaceous-peony-cma-143237?hang=749)
9. [Album of Landscapes: Leaf 6](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/album-of-landscapes-leaf-6-cma-148347), Wang Gai, 1677. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/album-of-landscapes-leaf-6-cma-148347?hang=749)
10. [Wooded Mountains at Dusk](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/wooded-mountains-at-dusk-met-39557), Kuncan, dated 1666. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/wooded-mountains-at-dusk-met-39557?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

11. [Shaded Dwellings among Streams and Mountains](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shaded-dwellings-among-streams-and-mountains-met-48949), Dong Qichang, ca. 1622–25. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/shaded-dwellings-among-streams-and-mountains-met-48949?hang=749)
12. [Clearing after Rain over Streams and Mountains](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/clearing-after-rain-over-streams-and-mountains-met-49150), Wang Hui, dated 1662. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/clearing-after-rain-over-streams-and-mountains-met-49150?hang=749)
13. [Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf F (previous leaf 5)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/album-of-seasonal-landscapes-leaf-f-previous-leaf-5-cma-132838), Xiao Yuncong, 1668. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/album-of-seasonal-landscapes-leaf-f-previous-leaf-5-cma-132838?hang=749)
14. [Album of Landscapes: Leaf 4](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/album-of-landscapes-leaf-4-cma-148345), Wang Gai, 1677. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/album-of-landscapes-leaf-4-cma-148345?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

15. [The palaces and gate towers of Penglai](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-palaces-and-gate-towers-of-penglai-si-fsg-f1909-397), Zhu Dan, 1683. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/the-palaces-and-gate-towers-of-penglai-si-fsg-f1909-397?hang=749)
16. [Xu Jingyang Moving His Family](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/xu-jingyang-moving-his-family-cma-137125), Cui Zizhong, 1644. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china/xu-jingyang-moving-his-family-cma-137125?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Cui Zizhong's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-cui-zizhong?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [More Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/chinese-painting?hang=749&via=continue) (76 works)
- [17th-century China, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-china?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoicnVzRm9oUGMifQ)