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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,826 works

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo with dark leaves and branches, beside a column of calligraphy and red seals.

Ink bamboo

Li Shan, dated 1749

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

Swallows

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

Blossoming plum

Jin Nong, dated 1759

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 a lantern-lit pavilion with figures, tiled roofs, bare trees, pine and bamboo.

Drinking in the Bamboo Garden on the Lantern Festival

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

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

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

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

Ink painting of a lone man on a wooden bridge over a rocky stream, beside tall bare trees and distant hills.

Man on a Bridge

Ren Bonian, dated 1889

Two brown songbirds perch on a thorny branch beside pink roses and bamboo, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper right.

Two Birds Perched on a Flowering Rose Bush

Ren Bonian, late 19th century

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

Cat

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

Meditation in a Cave

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

Hanging scroll of a fisherman in blue robes riding a sea turtle past misty mountains and a distant palace.

Urashima Tarō Riding on a Tortoise

Kawanabe Kyōsai, after 1888

Grey and black cat with a patterned ribbon crouches by a screen, watching a spider on the floor.

Cat Watching a Spider

Ōide Tōkō, ca. 1888-92

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

Fan-shaped silk painting of chrysanthemums, grass, two butterflies and a grasshopper, with red seal stamps.

Autumn Splendor

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

Hanging scroll of mythical beasts, lions, tigers, cranes and peacocks among rocky mountains and pines, with calligraphy above

Birds and Animals Used in Military Insignia

Zhuwu Jushi, late 19th 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

Painting of a yellow songbird on a branch with red fruit and two bees flying nearby on a pale background.

Birds, Insects and Flowers

Yi Zhai, 19th century

Ink and color landscape with green mountains, a waterfall, a pavilion, pine trees and small figures on a path.

Eight landscapes

Lu Han, 1699

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 landscape of layered rocky mountains with a small pagoda, pavilions, bare trees, and a river, on aged silk.

Snow-covered Mountains

Xu Daoning, ca. 1000

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

Cabbage and Insects

Handscroll painting of wisteria, narcissus, peonies and pink blossoms scattered across a golden silk background.

The Hundred Flowers

Ink landscape handscroll showing mountains, pine and bare trees, a river, and a small hut beside rocky cliffs.

River Landscape in Autumn

Luo Mu, dated 1661

Hanging scroll of white and pink peonies with grey-green leaves on a tan ground, with red seals and inscription.

Flowers

Ink handscroll of scholars gathered at a wooden pavilion beside bamboo, pine trees and a winding stream.

Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion

Qian Gong, dated 1607

Ink drawing of two deer on a rocky ledge under a pine branch, with vertical calligraphy on the facing page.

Album of miscellaneous paintings

Ink landscape with willow trees, misty mountains and a small boat by a riverbank, beside a page of calligraphy with red seals

Eight album leaves from a miniature album

Prince Cheng Yongxing

Ink landscape with twisted pine trees, a small figure on a path, and rounded rock formations fading into distant hills.

Landscape

Zhang Cining, 1807

Ink landscape with four twisted pine trees, rocky cliffs, misty mountains, and red seals on a pale background.

Landscape with Four Pines

Ink landscape of misty cliffs, pine trees and a small hut, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Landscapes with Poems

Gong Xian, 1688

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, pine trees, a small hut, and calligraphy with red seals at upper left.

Autumn Mountains

Hanging scroll of a robed courtier and attendants with a horse on a winding mountain path, with poem calligraphy on gold.

“Mount Utsu” (Utsu no yama), from The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Tawaraya Sotatsu, ca. 1634

Two-panel screen with ink hawk on branch and robed sage with staff under pine, on gold leaf ground.

Daoist Sage and Hawk

Soga Nichokuan, mid-17th century

Six-panel folding screen of misty ink landscape with pines, a waterfall, a pagoda and a small boat on water.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Kano Tan'yu, 1630s

Ink and light color drawing of Jizō Bosatsu seated on a cloud playing a flute, with a pale halo behind him.

Jizō Bosatsu Playing a Flute

Kano Tan'yu, mid-17th century

Seated bodhisattva holding a vajra staff on a lotus throne, with a smaller vajra and inscriptions below, in ink and color.

Daishōjin Bosatsu, from “Album of Buddhist Deities from the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas”

Takuma Tametō, 12th century

Hanging scroll of a small wagtail perched on a rock beside a bare branch, with ink calligraphy in the upper right.

Wagtail on a Rock

Taikyo Genju, mid-14th century

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of orchids, bamboo and rocks, with calligraphy and a red seal at upper left.

Orchids, Bamboo, Briars, and Rocks

Tesshū Tokusai, mid-14th century

Ink painting of a robed scholar riding a donkey past misty mountains and pine trees, in a blue brocade hanging scroll.

Su Shi Riding a Donkey

Bokudō Sojun, early 15th century

Ink painting on a fan-shaped gold ground showing a herd boy riding an ox past a mountain and pine trees.

Herd Boy with Ox

Kano Masanobu, late 15th century

Hanging scroll of a musk cat beside camellias, with a small bird on a willow branch above, on a muted ground.

Musk Cat

Uto Gyoshi, mid- to late 16th century

Hanging scroll of a misty ink landscape with a rock outcrop, a tree on a bank, and a figure on a small bridge.

Splashed-Ink Landscape

Bokushō Shūshō, early 16th century

Ink landscape of rocky cliffs topped with pavilions and pines, with small boats on misty water below.

Landscape with Rocky Precipice

Sesson Shūkei, 16th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll of a musician playing qin beneath a pine on a cliff while two listeners sit nearby.

Bo Ya Plays the Qin as Zhong Ziqi Listens

Kano Motonobu, 1530s