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Ink painting on a folding fan leaf of plum branches with white blossoms, with calligraphy and red seals.

Plum

Oil painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Mary and the Christ child in a thatched stable, kneeling king in red, walled city

The Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, c. 1600 - c. 1650

Fan-shaped painting of a woman in a long robe beside a blossoming tree and garden rocks, with calligraphy at right.

Woman in a garden

Qian Huian, dated 1876

Circular fan leaf painting of a toad beside red peonies, blue flowers and orchid leaves, with calligraphy and red seals.

Flower and Toad

Album leaf of misty mountains, a pavilion among willows and pines, and clouds drifting over the cliffs.

Landscape

Zhang Xiong, dated 1827

Ink and color painting on a fan of a herdboy riding a water buffalo through reeds, with calligraphy and red seals.

Herdboy and Buffalo

Ren Bonian, dated 1890

Ink and color painting on a fan leaf of a bird perched on a cord beside a gourd, with calligraphy and red seals.

Bird

Ink painting of a misty river with a sailboat, rooftops on the bank, and autumn trees tinted orange and blue.

Sailing in Autumn

Xugu, dated 1893

Ink and light color landscape with a pavilion on a cliff, a waterfall, pine trees, and two travelers on a path.

Landscapes in the Styles of Various Artists

Cao Jian, dated 1716

Ink landscape on a fan leaf with mountains, trees, a thatched hut, a boat on water, and calligraphy at right.

Landscape

Ink painting of two long-tailed pheasants on rocks beside water, with bamboo and grasses, by Shen Zhou.

Marsh Scene with Birds

Standing robed figure with red staff inside a circular medallion framed by scalloped cloud motifs on brown silk.

Twelve Designs for Circular Mirror

Ink handscroll of white-breasted crows flying and perching on branches above a misty grey landscape.

Landscape with White-Breasted Crows

Chinese ink landscape of a riverside village with willows, pines, houses and misty mountains, with calligraphy at upper left.

River Village in High Summer

Zhai Dakun, 1775

Ink sketch of running children, a crowd of boys, and a boy with a stick beside a snake on a handscroll.

Frolicking Figures and Animals

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 19th century

Ink and color landscape of a misty river with mountains, a boat with a figure, red autumn trees and a pavilion.

Landscape with Autumn Foliage

Winter scene of townsfolk in period dress skating and playing on a frozen canal beside a brick wall and boats.

Frolicking on a Frozen Canal in a Town

Unknown artist, c. 1615 - c. 1620

Folding fan painting of two scholars standing beside a boy feeding a white goose under a pine tree.

Two Scholars and Boy with Goose

Sun Rong, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a seated Buddha on a lotus throne with attendants and an altar, rendered in pale tones on a dark blue groun

Buddha Seated on Lotus Throne

Ink drawing of tiered palace pavilions, a stone staircase with figures, and two sailing boats on water.

The Daming Palace

Wang Zhenpeng, early 15th century

Ink and color landscape of two figures crossing a stone bridge toward a pavilion among bamboo and pines, with misty mountains

Landscape with Man Crossing Bridge

Ink landscape hanging scroll with tall cliffs, a waterfall, pine trees, a river, and small pavilions among the hills.

Landscape

Yun Shouping, undated

Ink painting of bamboo stalks and leaves on a pale ground, with vertical calligraphy and red seals along the left edge.

Bamboo and Poem

Sunlit Danish farmyard with villagers, horses, cattle and poultry beside thatched cottages and a large chestnut tree.

Picture of life on a Zealand farmyard at midday

Peter Julius Larsen, 1852

Hanging scroll of a white eagle on a rock gazing up at a mountain lion climbing beside bamboo leaves.

White Eagle Eyeing a Mountain Lion

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1885

Ink landscape of a misty river with two small boats, a riverside village, trees, and layered mountains in the background.

Landscape with Sailboats

Xi Wang Mu with Feng Wang

Hanging scroll of a rooster in rain beside bamboo and blue morning glories on a gold ground.

Rooster in a Storm

Sō Shizan, 1783

Hanging scroll of an eagle with spread wings diving toward a monkey, painted in ink and color on a tan ground.

Eagle Attacking a Monkey

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1885

Ink painting of an eagle on rocks swooping toward a fleeing rabbit, with a misty mountain in the background.

Eagle Pursuing Rabbit

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1885

Hanging scroll with a circular ink painting of a boy in red trying to make a dark ox drink beside a bare tree.

Boy Trying to Make an Ox Drink

Hanging scroll painting of a seated courtesan with flowered robes beside a standing attendant in red and striped kimono.

Courtesan and Attendant

Kaigetsudō Ando, c. 1730-1868