EditorialSumiyoshi Monogatari. Artist Unknown; Japanese. Date: 1500-1599. Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 21 in. Handscroll, ink and colors on paper. Origin: Japan.
EditorialUnited by Music. Artist Unknown; Chinese; Traditionally attributed to Zhou Wenju (10th century). Date: 1401-1425. Dimensions: 41.9 ? 184.2 cm. Handscroll; ink and colors on silk. Origin: China.
EditorialInsects and Grasses, Edo period (1615?1868), dated 1847, Japan, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 8 1/4 x 95 in. (21 x 241.3 cm), Paintings, Yamamoto Baiitsu (Japanese, 1783?1856), This consummate summer subject, painted by Nagoya literatus Yam...
Editorial? ?? ????? ?, Joys of the Fisherman, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), ca. 1410, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 10 5/8 x 22 ft. 7 1/8 in. (27 x 688.7 cm), Paintings, Wang Fu (Chinese, 1362?1416), A twelfth-century couplet inscribed on the wall of a ta...
Editorial? ??? ?? ?? ????????? ?, Grooms and Horses, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), date 1296 and 1359, China, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 11 7/8 x 70 1/8 in. (30.2 x 178.1 cm), Paintings, Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 1254?1322), Zhao Yong (Chinese, 1289?aft...
EditorialJudging a Horse, Ming (1368?1644) or Qing dynasty (1644?1911), China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, 12 x 40 1/2 in. (30.5 x 102.9 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, In the Style of Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 1254?1322).
EditorialNight-Shining White, ? ?? ???? ?, Tang dynasty (618?907), ca. 750, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 12 1/8 x 13 3/8 in. (30.8 x 34 cm), Paintings, Han Gan (Chinese, active ca. 742?756), A leading horse painter of the Tang dynasty, Han Gan was kn...
EditorialYang Pu Moving His Family. Date/Period: Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Painting. Handscroll; ink and light color on paper Handscroll; ink and light color on paper. Height: 527 mm (20.74 in); Width: 2,311 mm (90.98 in).
EditorialWashing the White Elephant. Artist unknown (after Zhang Sengyao or Qian Xuan); Chinese. Date: 1575-1600. Dimensions: 14 3/8 ? 17 in. Handscroll; ink and colors on paper. Origin: China.
EditorialParting at the Eastern Capital. Yao Shou; Chinese, 1423-1495. Date: 1423-1495. Dimensions: . Handscroll; ink and color on paper. Origin: China.
EditorialUnited by Music. Artist Unknown; Chinese; Traditionally attributed to Zhou Wenju (10th century). Date: 1401-1425. Dimensions: 41.9 ? 184.2 cm. Handscroll; ink and colors on silk. Origin: China.
EditorialThe Xuehong Pavilion in a Scholar's Garden. Qian Du (1763-1844 ); Chinese. Date: 1831. Dimensions: 7 7/8 ? 32 3/8 in. Handscroll; ink and colors on gold-spattered paper. Origin: China.
EditorialA Poem from the Shin Kokinshu with Design of Shinobugusa Grasses. Hon'ami Koetsu; Japanese, 1558-1637. Date: 1605-1610. Dimensions: 33.6 ? 44.5 cm (13 1/4 ? 17 1/2 in.). Fragment of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, gold, silver-colored pi...
EditorialDrinking and Dancing Before the Tribal Chief. Leng Mei (??); Chinese, 1669-1742. Date: 1669-1742. Dimensions: 35.7 ? 99.8 cm. Handscroll; ink on paper. Origin: China.
EditorialRecluse Dwellings in the Autumn Mountains. Mi Wanzhong (1570-1628); Chinese. Date: 1621. Dimensions: 9 1/4 ? 73 3/8 in. Handscroll; ink and colors on paper. Origin: China.
EditorialLandscape. Artist unknown,; Chinese; spurious signature of Gong Xian (??, 1618-1689). Date: 1644-1689. Dimensions: 10 3/4 ? 110 in. Handscroll; ink on paper. Origin: China.
EditorialA Hunt in the Mountains of Heaven. Artist unknown [spurious signature of Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322), dated1301]; Chinese. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 12 7/8 ? 354 in. (33.3 ? 899.2 cm). Handscroll; ink and colors on paper. Origin: China.
EditorialWashing the White Elephant. Artist unknown (after Zhang Sengyao or Qian Xuan); Chinese. Date: 1575-1600. Dimensions: 14 3/8 ? 17 in. Handscroll; ink and colors on paper. Origin: China.
EditorialClouds over the River before Rain. Shen Zhou, ??; Chinese, 1427-1509. Date: 1440-1509. Dimensions: 13.7 ? 319 in. Handscroll; ink and colors on paper. Origin: China.
EditorialLegends of the Yuzu Nembutsu Sect. Artist Unknown; Japanese, active 14th century. Date: 1301-1400. Dimensions: 30.5 ? 1176.9 cm (12 ? 460 in.). Handscroll; ink, colors, and gold on paper. Origin: Japan.
EditorialYang Pu Moving His Family. Date/Period: Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Painting. Handscroll; ink and light color on paper Handscroll; ink and light color on paper. Height: 527 mm (20.74 in); Width: 2,311 mm (90.98 in).
Editorial?? ??? ??? ?, Summer Mountains, Northern Song dynasty (960?1127), ca. 1050, China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 17 7/8 ? 45 3/8 in. (45.4 ? 115.3 cm), Paintings, Attributed to Qu Ding (Chinese, active ca. 1023?ca. 1056), Between the years ...
Editorial? ??? ????? ?, Invitation to Reclusion at Jingxi, Ming Dinasty (1368?1644), dated 1611, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 10 1/4 ? 36 7/16 in. (26 ? 92.6 cm), Paintings, Dong Qichang (Chinese, 1555?1636), In this short handscroll, the artist-theo...
EditorialLandscape, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th?19th century, China, Handscroll; ink on silk, 15 3/8 in. ? 23 ft. 6 1/2 in. (39.1 ? 717.6 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, After Dong Yuan (Chinese, active 930s?960s).
EditorialLandscape (Garden Estate), Ming (1368?1644) or Qing (1644?1911) dynasty, China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, 14 3/8 in. ? 11 ft. 1 in. (36.5 ? 337.8 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, In the style of Liu Songnian (Chinese, active ca 1175?after ...
EditorialLandscape, Ming (1368?1644) or Qing dynasty (1644?1911), China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, 10 1/2 x 80 3/16 in. (26.7 x 203.7 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, In the Style of Wang Wei (Chinese, 699?759).
EditorialLandscape, Ming (1368?1644) or Qing (1644?1911) dynasty, China, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, 20 1/4 in. ? 31 ft. 3 1/2 in. (51.4 ? 953.8 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist.
EditorialOn the River at Qing Ming Festival. This painting is considered one of the most valuable in Chinese art history for its high level of technical quality and the liveliness with which it portrays the myriad details of urban life. It is generally interp...
EditorialChina: 'Night-Shining White'. Zhao Ye Bai, a favourite horse of Emperor Xuanzong (712-56). Handscroll painting by Han Gan (706-783), c. 750 CE