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Painting on silk of a riverside pavilion with pine trees, a lake, rocky cliffs, and two small figures on a path.

Scholar arriving at a riverside pavilion

Painting of chaffinches and redpolls feeding on the ground near a wooden board, with dry grass and bare branches behind them.

Chaffinches and Redpolls

Ferdinand von Wright, 1868

Ink landscape handscroll showing misty mountains, pine trees, a cluster of houses and a thatched pavilion on a rocky ledge.

Remote Valleys, Sounds of Waterfalls, Deep Forests

Liu Yu, dated 1678

Ink painting of a thatched pavilion among bare trees by water, with misty mountains in the distance.

Pavilion in a grove by the water

Dong Qichang, 1600

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees and small pavilions in a valley, with calligraphic inscription at upper left.

Landscape for Zhanting

Wang Yuanqi, dated 1710

Ink handscroll of demons and warriors fighting beside pines and a waterfall on a rocky mountain slope.

Clearing out a mountain forest

Painting of white rose mallow flowers, buds and green leaves with gold veins on a tan ground.

Rose mallow

Ink landscape of a small boat with figures on a river below misty cliffs, with a pine tree in the lower right.

Boating to Red Cliff

Painting of a sunlit, moss-covered rock outcrop rising among dark forest trees, with white wildflowers in the foreground.

Study of Rocks in Pearson's Ravine

Asher Brown Durand, Mid-1850s

Two-panel gold screen: a robed figure with a paper-streamer wand by a river, and seated courtiers beneath pine branches.

A Shinto ceremony

Painting of three zebras grazing on a green and ochre plain beneath blue hills and a pale sky.

Zebras

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1909

Hanging scroll of a robed bodhisattva standing on a lotus over waves, with pine, rocks and clouds on a gold ground.

Bodhisattva crossing the sea

Ink sketch of two seated figures in robes, surrounded by small studies of exaggerated faces and heads.

Various Faces

Katsushika Hokusai

Watercolor sketch of a seated man by a glowing green-tiled fireplace, with a second figure near a doorway at right.

Erik Edelfelt Sitting by the Fire in the Villa in Kilo

Albert Edelfelt

Hanging scroll of children playing in a courtyard at New Year, with a seated adult, pavilion, rockwork and flowering plants.

Children at play at the New Year 明嬰戯圖軸

Traditionally attributed to Zhang Xuan, 1640

Two-panel screen: blossoming tree and court women at left, a robed emperor on a terrace with attendants at right, peonies bel

The Chinese emperor Ming Huang and Yang Kuei-fei

Kano School, 1700

Hanging scroll of a long-tailed bird perched on a blossoming plum branch against a pale background.

Bird and plum blossoms

Hanabusa Itchō

Painting of a seated young woman with red hair in a grey blouse, against a pink wall with red flowers.

Portrait of a Girl

Handscroll painting of water buffaloes and herd boys crossing a stream beneath a large tree.

Water buffaloes and herd-boys crossing a stream

Prince and ascetics, from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Prince and ascetics, from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Govardhan, c. 1630

Handscroll landscape with blue-green mountains, rock formations, and autumn trees with red foliage on ochre silk.

Autumn landscape with gibbons and deer

Ink line drawing of a young woman in a patterned kimono swinging a battledore, with shuttlecocks sketched at upper left.

Girl playing with a battledore and shuttlecock

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of white water lilies and lily pads floating on a dark blue pond with grasses at the left edge.

Water Lilies, study for the Youth and a Mermaid

Albert Edelfelt, 1896

Ink painting on silk of misty hills over a river, with gnarled pine trees on a rocky bank in the foreground.

Hills along a river

Traditionally attributed to Xia Gui

Ink drawing of seated Guanyin on a platform beside a folding screen, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Guanyin and Shancai

Ink and wash hanging scroll of misty mountains, a river with boats, and a riverside village of wooden houses.

Landscape: mountains, stream and boats

Katsushika Hokusai

Painted portrait of a woman with auburn hair and an orange-red bow against a blue-green background.

Red Bow

Meri Genetz, 1920

Handscroll painting of hibiscus, bamboo, chrysanthemums, two butterflies and a grasshopper on a golden silk ground.

Flowers, birds, and insects

The Bird's Nest Patriarch

The Bird's Nest Patriarch

Tawaraya Sotatsu, early to mid-1600s

Ink line drawing of a man in a crane and bamboo patterned kimono beside a tied box, on beige paper.

A court messenger

Katsushika Hokusai

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a yellow sleeve holding a pen over a red cloth, against a dark background.

Writing Doctor

Ilya Repin, 1919

Hanging scroll of four turtles, three swimming in rippling water and one resting on a rock, in ink and muted colour.

Turtles