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Hanging scroll of a plum branch with pink blossoms rising from dark rocks, with calligraphy and seals at upper left.

Wintry plum

Ni Jing, 14th century

Gold-ground panel of seated Christ blessing, holding a globe, surrounded by kneeling praying angels.

Saviour

Pere Teixidor, 1420

Ink drawing of a bearded sage seated on a platform, flanked by monks, a female attendant, and an armored guardian figure.

Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality

Wang Zhenpeng, dated 1308

Faded painting of a standing saint in a grey monastic robe with a halo, holding a red book and a cross.

Saint Francis

Zanino di Pietro, 1450

Ink landscape hanging scroll with rocky mountains, pine trees, a river, a small hut, and calligraphy inscriptions.

Landscape in the Styles of Huang Gongwang and Gao Kegong

Wang Yuanqi, dated 1705

Medieval painted panel of the Virgin Mary enthroned, holding the nude Christ Child across her lap, with gold haloes.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned

Zanino di Pietro, 1450

Painting of Venus, Adonis and Cupid: two nude figures in a forest with a winged Cupid holding a spear and a dog nearby.

Venus, Adonis and Cupid

Jonas Åkerström

Ink landscape hanging scroll of craggy mountains, waterfalls and twisted pines, with calligraphy at upper left.

The strange pines of Mount Tiantai

Dai Benxiao, 1687

Oil painting of a huge dark green pumpkin on white cloth, with a handwritten label on a brick wall behind it.

A huge pumpkin

Olof Fridsberg, 1750

Oval painting of dancing women in classical robes around a sleeping infant, a lyre player, and swans at sunset.

The birth of Pindar

Henri-Pierre Picou, 1848

Handscroll of an imperial barge and boats on a canal, with a procession along the bank and pavilions among trees.

The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Six: Entering Suzhou along the Grand Canal

Xu Yang, dated 1770

Painting of a reclining nude woman on a bed with a dark seated figure and pale flowers against a violet background.

Manaò tupapaú

Paul Gauguin, 1892

Hanging scroll of peonies, lilies and blossoms above goldfish swimming in an octagonal basin beside a tree trunk.

Flowers and Goldfish

Sō Shizan, 18th century

Handscroll painting of grasshoppers, dragonflies, a snail and a wasp among grasses and branches on pale paper.

Insects and Grasses

Yamamoto Baiitsu, dated 1847

Six-panel ink landscape screen with misty mountains, a waterfall, pines, a river and small boats.

Landscape of the Four Seasons (Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers)

Sōami, early 16th century

Ink and color handscroll of a misty river landscape with rocky banks, pine trees and small thatched houses.

River Landscape

Ink painting of bare winter trees, a thatched hut and a flock of birds over a misty river with calligraphy at upper right.

Winter landscapes and flowers

Ink and light color landscape album leaf with steep mountain, pavilion by water, pines and distant blue hills.

Landscapes in the styles of ancient masters

Wang Jian, 17th century

Ink line drawing of Buddhist luohan monks in patterned robes, one holding a tall staff and another an incense burner.

The Sixteen Luohans

Qiu Ying, 16th or 17th century

Four-panel ink painting of misty bamboo with gray washes, calligraphy inscription and red seals.

Misty Bamboo on a Distant Mountain

Zheng Xie, dated 1753

Ink painting of gnarled plum branches under a pale moon, with two figures on rocks and misty mountains behind.

Viewing plum blossoms by moonlight

Ma Yuan, early 13th century

Ink painting of bamboo growing from a rock, with a bare plum branch and calligraphic inscriptions in the upper corners.

Bamboo and rock

Deng Yu, ca. 1360-67

Handscroll with brush calligraphy and a circular ink vignette of a robed figure with a staff beside a tree and rocks.

Ten Oxherding Songs

Karasumaru Mitsuhiro, ca. 1634

Handscroll painting of a seated armored warrior, two demons among trees, and a robed official receiving a scroll from an atte

Searching the Mountains for Demons

Zheng Zhong, 17th century

Ink landscape on silk with sparse trees, a thatched pavilion, and column of Chinese inscription with red seals.

Sparse trees and pavilion

Wang Meng, late 1350s

Hanging scroll of a pink peony in bloom with a bud, green leaves, a small bird on the stem, and calligraphy at upper right.

Peony with Bird

Ink landscape hanging scroll with rock cliffs, a bare tree, a small figure on a stone bridge, and calligraphy.

The Stone Bridge

Zhang Feng, dated 1661

Painting of an oak forest clearing with cattle grazing beneath large trees, opening onto a distant valley under a pale sky.

Oak Wood

Johann Friedrich Weitsch, 1786

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a bare winter tree, rocks, and a small walking figure near misty water and mountains.

Returning home through the snow

Dai Jin, ca. 1455

Hanging scroll of a waterfall cascading past cliffs and a pine, with a seated scholar and attendant beside bamboo below.

Li Bai gazing at the waterfall on Mount Lu

Zhong Li, late 15th century

Folding screen showing two red-crowned cranes beneath a pine tree with azaleas, rocks, and stylized water at left.

Cranes, Pines, and Bamboo

Ogata Kōrin, early 18th century

Woman in patterned kimono walking by a railing and cherry blossoms, with a birdcage and a small bird beside her.

Parody of Murasaki, from "Lavender" (Wakamurasaki), chapter 5 of the Tale of Genji

Kawamata Tsuneyuki, 18th century