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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Krishna plays a flute on a lotus pedestal under a flowering tree, flanked by three women bearing offerings against a red back

Krishna fluting, folio from a Dasavatar series

the Master of the Court of Mankot, 1720

Painting of a crowned blue-skinned figure and a group of devotees pointing upward at a crescent moon on a hillside.

Krishna and his family admire a solar eclipse, perhaps a page from the “Kangra/Modi” <em>Bhagavata Purana</em>

First generation after Nainsukh, 1770

Ink line drawing of a seated woman in a green kimono gesturing with one hand, her hair pinned with a yellow comb.

Woman facing the right, beckoning

Katsushika Hokusai

Muted brown painting of gnarled pines beside a lattice-screened pavilion with tiled roofs in a courtyard setting.

Wind in the courtyard pines

Hanging scroll of a seated Luohan monk in patterned robes holding a vessel, with calligraphy above and trees behind.

Pindola Bharadvaja, the first venerable Luohan 賓度羅跋羅墮闍尊者像

Ink and color painting on silk of a gnarled plum tree in blossom over rocks, with two small figures and distant mountains.

Looking at flowering plums and reading

Ink landscape handscroll of misty mountains, clustered trees, a small bridge and a distant pavilion above a river.

Cloudy mountains

Two brown crested birds with long tails perch on a gnarled branch with orange autumn leaves on gold silk.

Two crested birds on a branch; autumn leaves

Hanging scroll of peonies, a perched songbird, and two ducks swimming among rocks, with ink inscription at top right.

Flowers, ducks, and other birds

Li Di, 1790

Handscroll landscape of misty green mountains, willow trees, thatched houses and small boats on a river.

Mountain mist, spring morning

Painted scroll of robed figures in a willow-shaded courtyard garden with blue rocks and tiled pavilions.

Immortals playing weiqi on Penglai

Leng Qian, 1640

Painting of a brown quail on a rock beneath pink wildflowers and purple asters on a warm ochre silk background.

Quail and flowers

Handscroll landscape with green mountains, a two-story pavilion, a footbridge, travelers and red-leaved trees on brown silk.

Landscape with buildings and travelers

Handscroll landscape of rugged mountains, trees, pavilions and small travelers beside water, painted in muted ochre tones.

Traveling in snowy mountains

Painting of two brown birds on a bamboo branch with green leaves against a golden silk background, with red seals.

Two birds swinging on a branch of bamboo

Horizontal scroll painting of a riverside festival with pavilions, crowds, willow trees, a sailing boat and green mountains.

Spring festival on the river

Traditionally attributed to Qiu Ying

Handscroll painting of scholars on horseback and attendants among trees and hills in a gentle landscape.

The eighteen scholars at a literary gathering

Two sparrows on a branch with red pomegranate blossoms, split pomegranates and green leaves on a golden silk ground.

Birds, fruit, and flowers

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, houses under trees along a river, and a boat with a sail in the foreground.

Houses on the river

Handscroll painting of a spring landscape with blue mountains, bare willows, village houses, travelers, and a boat on a river

Spring festival on the river

Hanging scroll of two white horses with two grooms beside bare winter trees and a rocky mound, in muted brown tones.

Winter landscape with horses and grooms

Handscroll painting of horseback hunters with bows and spears chasing deer and a wild boar among bare trees and rocks.

A hunting scene

Ink landscape scroll of snow-covered mountains, waterfalls, pavilions and a bridge beside a river and bare trees.

Mount Emei under heavy snow 《峩眉積雪圖》

Horizontal Chinese handscroll of blue and green mountains, misty water, and pine trees, with red seal impressions at right.

Landscape in blue and green

Ink painting on a round leaf of two robed figures in hats beside pine branches and rocks, with distant hills.

Landscape: two figures

Ding Guanpeng, 1700

Handscroll painting of a robed scholar on an ox beside trees and bamboo, with red seals and calligraphy at right.

The eighteen scholars of the Tang dynasty

Emperor Huizong )

Ink handscroll of robed luohan figures crossing rough waves, one riding a beast and another wielding a long staff.

Luohans crossing land and sea

Painting of an imperial hunt with horsemen, archers and a red pavilion among green mountains and pine trees.

The Shanglin Park: imperial hunt

Handscroll painting of a sprawling imperial palace complex with red halls and blue-tiled roofs among green mountains and pine

Imperial palaces

Horizontal scroll painting of misty mountains with a golden sun or moon above and tiny figures on a cliff at left.

Sun and moon over land and sea

Emperor Ming of the Jin dynasty