Chinese painting

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

76 works. We group works by maker, place and date; museums file them in their own ways.

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A horse and rider

Li Gonglin, 16th century?

Parting at the Gate of the Capital

Yao Shou, Ming dynasty (1369–1644), 15th century

Ghosts

Yao Luan, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1893

Flowers of the Four Seasons

Unknown maker, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th/19th century

Pillars of the Country

Yao Shou, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1494

Album of Landscapes and Calligraphy for Liu Songfu

Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1895/96

Portrait of an Official

Gu Jianlong, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 17th century

The Killing of Three Warriors with Two Peaches

Unknown maker, 202 BCE–220 CE

Bamboo in the Wind

Puming (Xuechuang), 1300s

Album of Seasonal Landscapes

Xiao Yuncong, 1668

Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf F (previous leaf 5)

Xiao Yuncong, 1668

Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf C (previous leaf 6)

Xiao Yuncong, 1668

Dragon; Tiger

Fachang Muqi, c. 1250–79

Dragon

Fachang Muqi, c. 1250–79

Tiger

Fachang Muqi, c. 1250–79

Lonely Retreat Overlooking a Misty Valley

Sheng Maoye, 1630

Xu Jingyang Moving His Family

Cui Zizhong, 1644

Herbaceous Peony

Yun Shouping, 1685

Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings

Zhang Ruoai, 1700s

Album of Landscapes: Leaf 4

Wang Gai, 1677

Album of Landscapes: Leaf 5

Wang Gai, 1677

Album of Landscapes: Leaf 6

Wang Gai, 1677

Shakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra

Unknown maker, c. 900

Scholar Watching the Waterfall

Luo Ping, 1764

Eighteen Views of Huzhou

Song Xu, c. 1588

Xintang (Immortal's Peak)

Song Xu, c. 1588

Mt. Shenchang

Song Xu, c. 1588

Liberty

Unknown maker, Ca. 1800

Portrait of the artist’s great-granduncle Yizhai at the age of eighty-five

Ruan Zude, dated 1561 or 1621

Portrait of the wife of Yizhai

Ruan Zude, datable to 1561 or 1620

Living Aloft

Wen Zhengming, 1543

Two eagles

Bada Shanren (Zhu Da), dated 1702

Riverbank

Dong Yuan

Simple Retreat

Wang Meng, ca. 1370

Wooded Mountains at Dusk

Kuncan, dated 1666

Red Friend

Lan Ying, 17th century

Landscape in the style of Huang Gongwang

Wang Shimin, 1666

Snow Clearing: Landscape after Li Cheng

Wang Hui, dated 1669

Emperor Xuanzong's flight to Shu

Unknown maker, mid-12th century

Scholar viewing a waterfall

Ma Yuan, early 13th century

Orchids

Ma Lin, second quarter of the 13th century

Fish and rocks

Bada Shanren (Zhu Da), dated 1699

Spring Dawn over the Elixir Terrace

Lu Guang, ca. 1369

Windblown bamboo

Xia Chang, ca. 1460

Woods and Valleys of Mount Yu

Ni Zan, dated 1372

Dragon pine

Wu Boli, late 14th–early 15th century

Two hawks in a thicket

Lin Liang, mid- 15th century

Shaded Dwellings among Streams and Mountains

Dong Qichang, ca. 1622–25