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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,986 works

Ink painting on silk of several birds perched on branches, with soft grey washes and loose brushwork.

Birds in a lotus pond

Bada Shanren, 1690

Ink painting of tall bamboo stalks and leaves in wind, with calligraphy and red seals at left on a grey ground.

Bamboo in wind and rain

Shitao, ca. 1694

Ink landscape handscroll showing a misty lake, tall cliffs, small boats, flying birds and distant hills.

Landscape in the Style of Juran and Yan Wengui

Wang Hui, Dated 1713

Ink painting of two rocks with small fish swimming between them, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper right.

Fish and rocks

Bada Shanren, 1699

Ink and blue wash fan painting of pine-covered mountains, huts and a small figure, with calligraphy at top.

Landscape

Shitao, dated 1699

Ink wash album leaf of lotus leaves, stalks and reeds with calligraphy and red seals at upper left.

Lotus Leaves and Water Reeds

Wide painting of a Roman-style triumphal procession with a chariot, white horses, crowds, an arch and classical temples.

The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus

Carle Vernet, 1789

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountain peaks, pine trees, a small pavilion, and a seated figure by a stream.

Thirty-six Peaks of Mount Huang Recollected

Shitao, ca. 1705

Hanging scroll of two swallows on willow branches in ink with calligraphy and red seals at upper right.

Swallows

Painting of a woman in a plumed hat and fur-collared coat, seen from behind, with a black poodle and vines on a yellow ground

Woman Standing Beside Railing with Poodle

Paul Ranson, 1895

Ink painting of blossoming plum branches on a hanging scroll with Chinese calligraphy and red seals.

Blossoming plum

Jin Nong, dated 1759

Ink drawing of two deer antlers on a skull base, with red seals and calligraphy on a handscroll.

Two Paintings of Deer Antlers

Qianlong Emperor, dated 1762 and 1767

Fan painting on gold ground: a reclining man by rocks, a woman playing an instrument on a leaf, and a woman beside a fruit ba

明/清陳洪綬竹石蛺蝶圖扇面

Handscroll painting of sailing junks on a rippled river passing a shore of willow trees, hills, and village houses.

The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers

Xu Yang, dated 1770

Grey ink landscape on a fan leaf with a tall mountain, pine trees, village houses and mist in a valley.

Landscape

Wang Chen, dated 1788

Hanging scroll of a blue-green mountain landscape with pine trees and a robed figure walking on a path.

明/清傳陳洪綬青綠山水圖軸

Chen Hongshou, 1633

Ink painting of bamboo branches on a fan-shaped leaf, with a column of brush calligraphy and red seals on the left.

Bamboo and poem

Zhu Lu, early 17th century

Ink drawing of the immortal Li Tieguai with a gourd and crutch, with calligraphy and red seals on a hanging scroll.

The Immortal Li Tieguai

Handscroll painting of a seated robed figure in a pavilion, attendants on steps, and horses led beside trees.

南宋傳李唐晉文公復國圖卷

Hanging scroll landscape of a craggy mountain, winding river, trees, and a small boat with three figures.

Landscape

Wu Xizai, dated 1858

Hanging scroll portrait of a standing man in a pale blue robe, with calligraphy inscription above and red seals.

Portrait of Zhao Zhiqian

Wang Yuan, dated 1871

Hanging scroll painting of a white peony with green leaves, buds and a butterfly on a grey background.

Flowers

Ink and color painting on a fan of a robed scholar with a staff beside bare windblown trees, with red seals.

Scholar in the Wind

Ren Xun, ca. 1880

Hanging scroll ink painting of a black and white cat on a rock, with calligraphy inscription above.

Cat

Hanging scroll of two white rabbits beneath a full moon, with dark leaves, grasses and a trailing vine on grey ground.

Rabbits

Folding fan painting of a brown bird on a rock beside pink blossoms and blue-green leaves, with calligraphy and red seals.

Bird on a Rock by a Flowering Branch

Ren Xun, dated 1879

Hanging scroll of misty grey cliffs and a cave, with a small seated figure in red robes beside a stream.

Meditation in a Cave

Painting of a flowering branch with white blossoms and grey-green leaves on a muted tan background, with grasses at lower rig

Blossoming Trees

Ink landscape hanging scroll with steep rocky mountains, pine trees by a shore, and calligraphy inscription above.

Anchorage on a rainy night

Shen Zhou, dated 1477

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, trees, and a fisherman in a boat on a river.

Winter landscape with fisherman

Shi Zhong, late 15th-early 16th century