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Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled brown hair in an ornate silver filigree frame.

Portrait of Nell Gwynne (supposedly)

Peter Cross, c. 1690

Ink landscape on silk with pine-covered mountains, a pavilion, and ox carts traveling a road in the lower right.

Landscape with Ox Carts on a Road

Painting of a yellow songbird on a branch with red fruit and two bees flying nearby on a pale background.

Birds, Insects and Flowers

Yi Zhai, 19th century

Ink and color landscape with green mountains, a waterfall, a pavilion, pine trees and small figures on a path.

Eight landscapes

Lu Han, 1699

Miniature portrait of a young child in a white bonnet and dress, gazing upward beside pink drapery and a chair.

Portrait of Edmund Rodney Pollesfen Bastard (1825-1856)

William Ross, c. 1830

Handscroll painting of roosters, pheasants and hens among rocks, flowers, banana plants and flowering trees on silk.

The Hundred Birds

Ink painting on silk of a dark mynah bird perched on a branch beside sketched reed stalks, with calligraphy at left.

Mynah on Reed

Ink drawing of an elderly bearded man in a dark robe holding a bamboo tube toward a small mule on tan silk.

Zhang Guolao and His Magic Mule

Handscroll painting of riders performing acrobatic horsemanship on galloping horses with red and green saddle trappings.

Horsemanship demonstration

Zhao Yong, 19th century

Ink landscape of layered rocky mountains with a small pagoda, pavilions, bare trees, and a river, on aged silk.

Snow-covered Mountains

Xu Daoning, ca. 1000

Circular miniature portrait of a man in gold-trimmed armor with a blue and red sash, beside a plumed helmet.

Portrait of Prince Potemkin

Attributed to Johann Baptist Lampi, I, 18th century

Ink painting of cabbage leaves and a grasshopper on a stalk, with calligraphy and red seals on grey paper.

Cabbage and Insects

Handscroll painting of wisteria, narcissus, peonies and pink blossoms scattered across a golden silk background.

The Hundred Flowers

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly light hair in a blue double-breasted coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of Jean Lambert Tallien

Georges Antoine Keman, c. 1805

Ink landscape handscroll showing mountains, pine and bare trees, a river, and a small hut beside rocky cliffs.

River Landscape in Autumn

Luo Mu, dated 1661

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curly dark hair in a white dress, framed by pearls and turquoise in gold.

Portrait of Mrs. Kegan

Charles Shirreff, 1805

Hanging scroll of white and pink peonies with grey-green leaves on a tan ground, with red seals and inscription.

Flowers

Ink handscroll of scholars gathered at a wooden pavilion beside bamboo, pine trees and a winding stream.

Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion

Qian Gong, dated 1607

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a white ruff and dark gown on blue ground, in a gold pendant frame.

Portrait of an English Lady

Nicholas Hilliard, 1605

Ink drawing of two deer on a rocky ledge under a pine branch, with vertical calligraphy on the facing page.

Album of miscellaneous paintings

Ink landscape with willow trees, misty mountains and a small boat by a riverbank, beside a page of calligraphy with red seals

Eight album leaves from a miniature album

Prince Cheng Yongxing

Ink landscape with twisted pine trees, a small figure on a path, and rounded rock formations fading into distant hills.

Landscape

Zhang Cining, 1807

Ink landscape with four twisted pine trees, rocky cliffs, misty mountains, and red seals on a pale background.

Landscape with Four Pines

Ink landscape of misty cliffs, pine trees and a small hut, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Landscapes with Poems

Gong Xian, 1688

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, pine trees, a small hut, and calligraphy with red seals at upper left.

Autumn Mountains

Gouache portrait of a bald man in a dark robe with a large pale pendent tumour hanging below his right ear.

A man with a pendent tumour below his right ear. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1830/1850

Hanging scroll of a robed courtier and attendants with a horse on a winding mountain path, with poem calligraphy on gold.

“Mount Utsu” (Utsu no yama), from The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Tawaraya Sotatsu, ca. 1634

Two-panel screen with ink hawk on branch and robed sage with staff under pine, on gold leaf ground.

Daoist Sage and Hawk

Soga Nichokuan, mid-17th century

Six-panel folding screen of misty ink landscape with pines, a waterfall, a pagoda and a small boat on water.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Kano Tan'yu, 1630s

Ink and light color drawing of Jizō Bosatsu seated on a cloud playing a flute, with a pale halo behind him.

Jizō Bosatsu Playing a Flute

Kano Tan'yu, mid-17th century