Chinese painting
Works in this room
Ink and colour on silk and paper, from imperial courts to scholars' retreats.
Section 1, north wall
Dragon pineWu Boli, late 14th–early 15th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Flowers, plants, and insectsHuang Quan, 16th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution Landscape with buildings and travelersZhao Bosu, 17th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
Section 1, south wall
Wild geese descending to a sandbarJiang Shen, 1368-1644Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution Album of Landscapes: Leaf 4Wang Gai, 1677Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art Fish and rocksBada Shanren (Zhu Da), dated 1699Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Windblown bambooXia Chang, ca. 1460Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 2, south wall
Two birds swinging on a branch of bambooZhao Boju, 18th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
Two hawks in a thicketLin Liang, mid- 15th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Album of Seasonal LandscapesXiao Yuncong, 1668Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Zhongli Quan seeking the DaoSun Zhiwei, 15th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
Section 2, north wall
RiverbankDong YuanCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The standing figure of a womanSpurious signature of Yuan Qian, 17th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
The Killing of Three Warriors with Two PeachesUnrecorded Chinese maker, 202 BCE–220 CECourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 3, north wall
Portrait of the artist’s great-granduncle Yizhai at the age of eighty-fiveRuan Zude, dated 1561 or 1621Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Album of Landscapes: Leaf 6Wang Gai, 1677Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art