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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Painting of a seated luohan with a fly whisk beneath a tree, with a standing attendant bowing at right.

Luohan holding a fly whisk, with attendant 拂塵羅漢像

Ink landscape handscroll with misty craggy mountains, trees, red seals and Chinese inscriptions on silk mounting.

The Shu River 蜀川圖

Traditionally attributed to Li Gonglin

Ink landscape on silk with misty mountains, pine trees by a river, and a small hut among willows.

River landscape in mist 山水圖

Yan Ciping, 1400

Hanging scroll of a seated elderly luohan monk with a kneeling attendant offering fruit beneath bamboo and rocks.

Ajita, the fifteenth venerable luohan 阿氏多尊者像

Wang Jianji, 1300

Hanging scroll of a seated luohan with a bare chest, holding prayer beads and a bowl beneath a gnarled tree.

Seated luohan

Ink painting on silk of a water buffalo grazing by willows, with a herdboy in a hat and misty hills beyond.

Water buffalo and herdboy under willows 柳蔭牧牛圖

Traditionally attributed to Xia Gui, 1200

Painting of a standing elderly man in a dark robe and black hat, with Chinese inscription on golden silk.

Portrait of Feng Ping 馮平像

Feng Ping, 1000

Hanging scroll of a rock bridge over a waterfall at a mountain cliff, with robed figures gazing up toward distant pavilions i

The Rock Bridge at Mount Tiantai 天台石橋圖

Zhou Jichang, 1100

Hanging scroll of an elderly bald monk seated on clouds, exhaling swirling smoke, in a patterned robe.

Panthaka, the Tenth Venerable Luohan 半託迦尊者像

Ink drawing on silk of a standing deva king in armor with a halo, and two attendant figures among clouds above.

Portrait of a Deva King 提婆王圖

Hanging scroll of a muscular bald luohan holding prayer beads and a bowl, with clouds and dark rocks behind him.

The great luohan, the venerable seventeenth 大阿羅漢尊者像

Hanging scroll of misty craggy mountains above a valley of trees, with a small pavilion on a left ledge and a bridge below.

Clearing skies over Mount Hua 華嶽睛嵐圖

Hanging scroll of a seated man examining arrows beside a saddled horse lying on the ground, against faint hills.

Removing the saddle, inspecting the arrows 解鞍調箭圖

Traditionally attributed to Zhang Kan, 1100

Ink drawing of a grinning long-haired ghost with a smaller pale face and clawed hand beside it, on aged paper.

A Spirit from the Hyaku Monogatari

Katsushika Hokusai

Handscroll painting of robed men playing go at a board in an interior, with a painted screen and daybed behind them.

The double screen: Emperor Li Jing watching his brothers play weiqi 重屏圖

Painting of a herdboy riding a water buffalo beside a calf along a misty riverbank, with trees and distant hills.

Water buffalo, calf, and herdboy 牧牛圖

Handscroll painting of a lakeside town with rooftops, moored boats, willow trees and small figures along the shore.

Scenic attractions of West Lake 西湖清趣圖

Ink landscape on silk with craggy mountains, bare trees, a stone bridge with travelers, and red seal stamps.

Travelers in a winter landscape 冬景山水圖

Sheng Mou, 1300

Woman in pink robes walks a palace terrace beside a rabbit and rock, with golden clouds and tiered roofs in a blue sky.

The Goddess Chang'e in the Lunar Palace

Hanging scroll-style landscape with two ox-carts on a mountain road, bare trees and pines, and distant wooden buildings.

Winter landscape: ox-carts on the road

Handscroll with large black Chinese characters on pale blue-grey paper flecked with gold, with a colophon strip and red seals

The Wang River estate

Horizontal scroll painting of speckled quail feeding among bamboo, pink blossoms, and purple chrysanthemums on a gold ground.

Ducks, flowers, and quail

Zhao Chang, 1640

Six-panel gold screen with bands of red and white flowers, green foliage and butterflies flying over the gold ground.

Flowers and insects

Six-panel gold screen with wisteria vines on a bamboo trellis, lattice fence, and green and blue ground.

Fruiting grapevines on a bamboo trellis 「葡萄棚図屏風」

Kanō Eitoku, 1590

Pen drawing of two vertical panels showing a raja hunting wild boars with horsemen, trumpeters and foliage.

A raja hunting wild boars, design for a scabbard

Shevdar Gangeyagi, 1740

Gold-leaf folding screen with a mimosa tree above and poppies, hollyhocks and other summer flowers below.

Mimosa tree, poppies and other summer flowers 合歓木芥子図屏風

Tawaraya Sosetsu

A nobleman

Son of Ruknuddin, 1680

Miniature painting of blue-skinned Krishna dancing with gopis in a green grove while a seated woman watches from a terrace.

Krishna playing with the <em>gopis</em>, folio from a <em>Rasikpriya</em>

Ruknuddin, 1680

Seated goddess in a white robe and jeweled crown holding a rosary on a red lotus, flanked by red flowers on maroon.

Saraswati, folio from a Goddess series

Wajid, 1700

Miniature painting of a seated ruler on a swing under a red frame, flanked by attendant women, with a lotus pond below.

Rao Ram Chandra of Bedla on a swing