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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