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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler)

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Scroll painting of two seated figures playing weiqi on a carved wooden couch, with a standing woman and a dog at right.

Emperor Minghuang and consort Yang Playing Weiqi

Handscroll painting of a herdboy with water buffaloes beside a stream, with gnarled trees and hills under a muted sky.

Herdboys and water buffaloes crossing a stream

Painting of a green bird above pink blossoming branches on a brown silk background, with red seals.

A Bird hovering over blossoming branches

Vertical ink landscape with tall craggy mountains, pine trees, a winding stream and small pavilions in the valley below.

Winter landscape

Yuan Jiang, 1700

Hanging scroll of green orchid leaves, red fallen blossoms on water, and two fish swimming against a brown background.

Fallen flowers, playing fish

Traditionally attributed to Zhao Kexiong, 1700

Painting of a large red ruffled flower and red buds on green serrated-leaf branches against a golden silk ground.

Red Blossom

Handscroll painting of a duck among lily pads and yellow flowers on a brown silk ground.

Flowers, ducks, and quail

Huang Jubao, 1700

Painting of two brown mice near a ribbed green melon on a leafy vine against a gold silk background.

Two mice and a melon vine

Hanging scroll of two elegant women in silk robes, one holding a fan and peony, the other playing a flute, on brown ground.

Courtesans with fan and flute

Ink landscape painting of mountains, bare trees, a wooden bridge and travelers on horseback and on foot.

Landscape with travelers

Horizontal Chinese landscape painting on silk showing gnarled pine trees, rocky cliffs and distant trees in muted green and b

Landscape with pines

Zhang Zao, 1700

Hanging scroll of a red-robed rider on a donkey passing a blossoming plum branch along a rocky path.

Riding through snow in search of plum blossoms

Painting of a black crested bird perched on a branch beside red and yellow autumn leaves on a gold silk background.

A blackbird on a branch; autumn leaves

Chinese handscroll: a bearded man with staff leads women in robes through a garden of trees and rocks, beside a railed bridge

Scenes from the lives of famous men

Ink and colour landscape of misty cliffs, a lakeside pavilion, and trees, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper left.

Landscape

Traditionally attributed to Tao Cheng, 1600

Ink and color painting of snow-dusted rocky mountains, small rooftops and bare trees in a misty brown landscape.

Winter landscape

Ink drawing of two seated robed luohan figures by a stream among rocky cliffs, with a gold-flecked panel above.

Luohan

Ink landscape of a robed figure walking by a stream beneath mountains, with a pavilion, trees and inscriptions.

Walking by a mountain stream

Traditionally attributed to Shen Zhou

Misty grey river scene at dawn with distant factory buildings, a chimney, and a small boat on still water.

Symphony in Grey: Early Morning, Thames

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Dark blue nocturne of a harbor at night with ship masts silhouetted against a hillside and small lights reflected in water.

Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Valparaiso

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Muted street scene with a sweet shop window of oranges and jars, a woman and child in a doorway, and a girl passing by.

An Orange Note: Sweet Shop

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Six-panel gold screen showing courtly figures in palace buildings beside pine and willow trees, with an ox cart at left.

The Tale of Genji, chapter 2: Prince Genji's visit to Utsusemi

Framed interior painting of a woman in black adjusting floral curtains while a girl reads on a red carpet.

Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Small painting of a dusky blue-green sky with grey clouds over a dark field, with cottages and trees on the horizon.

Note in Blue and OpalThe Sun Cloud

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Painting of a man in a dark hat and coat with a white collar, turned toward the viewer against a dark olive background.

Self-Portrait

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Hanging scroll of a peony-filled vase with incense burner, lantern, and scholar objects, with calligraphy panels above.

Still life: vase with peonies, and bric-a-brac

Emperor Huizong )

Framed painting of a blue and white vase with purple and yellow flowers against a dark teal background.

The Blue Girl (fragment): Purple and Blue

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Painting of a seated luohan in patterned robes meditating in a rocky grotto under pine branches, with incense burner and sand

Luohan meditating in a grotto

Ink painting of a man napping in a small boat beneath tall bending reeds, with two birds flying above a rock.

Napping under water reeds

Ink painting on silk of gnarled pine and bare trees on snowy rocks, with small birds perched and misty mountains behind.

Birds in wintry trees

Li Di, 1500