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Ink landscape of a twisted tree, rocky path, tiny standing figure and cliff, with calligraphy and red seals in the margin.

Landscape with solitary figure

Shitao, 1660s

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

Landscape

Shitao, dated 1699

Ink landscape with craggy rocks, a grotto opening at left, and trees with red foliage, with calligraphy at upper right.

Outing to Zhang Gong's Grotto

Shitao, ca. 1700

Ink and color album leaf of two sailboats on a river beside a pavilion on a rocky cliff, with calligraphy and seals.

Landscapes

Shitao, ca. 1690

Ink landscape with misty distant mountains, leafless trees, rocks, and a small roofed pavilion beside red seals.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Handscroll landscape with rocky hills, bamboo, pavilions by a river, a small boat, and distant blue mountains.

Wangchuan Villa

Wang Yuanqi, dated 1711

Hanging scroll of a flowering crabapple branch with a pair of long-tailed birds perched among white blossoms beside a rock.

Flowering Crabapple and Pair of Birds

Shen Quan, dated 1744

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

Lotus Leaves and Water Reeds

Album leaf with pink plum blossoms and blue-green bamboo, with a column of Chinese calligraphy at the left edge.

Landscapes and Flowers

Wang Shishen, dated 1745

Ink painting of orchids on a handscroll with arching leaves, buds, and a column of calligraphy and red seals at left.

Orchids and bamboo

Zheng Xie, dated 1742

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

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

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

Fan-shaped painting of a pink peony with green leaves and buds beside a textured rock, with calligraphy and red seals.

Peony

Ren Xiong, 19th century

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

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

Six-panel gold screen with birds, white plum blossoms on a gnarled tree, rocks, irises, and grasses.

Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kano Sanboku, late 17th century

Handscroll painting of a garden with willow trees, a white wall, a pavilion with figures, and tiled roofs under clouds.

Second View of the Studio for Respecting the Fungus of Longevity

Yang Tianbi, 1825

Ink handscroll showing robed figures, a flute player, a monkey, and a gourd among rocks and foliage.

Merry Gatherings in the Magic Jar

Handscroll painting of women seated on a patterned carpet playing instruments beside a rock and flowering shrubs.

Lady Su Hui and Her Verse Puzzle

Qiu Ying, 16th century

Album leaf of a rider on a grey horse passing a tiered pavilion beneath misty mountains and autumn trees.

Landscape with Man on Horseback

Album leaf showing a dark grasshopper on a rock beside green leaves and red dotted flowers on a tan ground.

Grasshopper on Rock

Wen Liang, 15th century

Ink landscape on silk with a tiered pavilion among pines, a figure crossing a bridge, and misty mountains.

Landscape with Man Crossing Bridge

Ink landscape on silk with pine-covered mountains, a pavilion, and ox carts traveling a road in the lower right.

Landscape with Ox Carts on a Road

Handscroll painting of roosters, pheasants and hens among rocks, flowers, banana plants and flowering trees on silk.

The Hundred Birds

Ink painting on silk of a dark mynah bird perched on a branch beside sketched reed stalks, with calligraphy at left.

Mynah on Reed

Ink drawing of an elderly bearded man in a dark robe holding a bamboo tube toward a small mule on tan silk.

Zhang Guolao and His Magic Mule

Handscroll painting of riders performing acrobatic horsemanship on galloping horses with red and green saddle trappings.

Horsemanship demonstration

Zhao Yong, 19th century

Ink painting of cabbage leaves and a grasshopper on a stalk, with calligraphy and red seals on grey paper.

Cabbage and Insects