Museum Exhibition
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: Selections from the Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
November 22, 2025 – May 10, 2026
This exhibition will see the return of some of the Museum’s most beloved treasures of Chinese painting and calligraph
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
Yan Zhenqing|Wang Shu
Calligraphy after three texts by Yan Zhenqing
dated 1729
Handscroll in six sections; ink on paper
Image: 13 7/8 x 282 5/8 in. (35.2 x 717.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 14 1/2 x 457 1/8 in. (36.8 x 1161.1 cm)
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Emperor Gaozong|Emperor Xiaozong
南宋 傳高宗/孝宗 行楷書輕舠依岸七絕詩 團扇|Quatrain on fishermen
12th century
Fan mounted as album leaf; ink on silk
9 1/4 x 10 in. (23.5 x 25.4 cm)
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南宋 孝宗 行楷書池上水邊聯句 團扇|Couplet on pond scenery
ca. 12th century
Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk
9 x 9 5/8 in. (22.9 x 24.4 cm)
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南宋 官窯青磁長頸瓶|Vase
12th–13th century
Stoneware with crackled blue glaze (Longquan ware)
H. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
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南宋至元 吉州窯如意雲紋磁梅瓶|Bottle with cloud scrolls
13th–14th century
Stoneware with painted decoration on brown glaze (Jizhou ware)
H. 8 1/4 × Diam. 4 1/4 in. Diam. of rim: 1 3/4 in. Diam of foot: 2 5/8 in.
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Bowl with plum blossom and crescent moon
late 13th–14th century
Porcelain with incised decoration under celadon glaze (Longquan ware)
H. 2 in. (5.1 cm) Diam. of rim: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) Diam. of foot: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
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龍泉窯雙耳瓶|Vase with Dragonfish Handles
12th–13th century
Porcelain with relief decoration under celadon glaze (Longquan ware)
H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
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