China

Views of Nanjing for Zhou Lianggong

1660

Album of twelve paintings; ink and color on paper

10 x 7 1/4 in. (25.4 x 18.4 cm)

Gong Xian

Wintry mountains

ca. 1679–89

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Image: 65 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (165.7 × 48.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 9 ft. 6 1/4 in. × 26 1/2 in. (290.2 × 67.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 9 ft. 6 1/4 in. × 30 1/4 in. (290.2 × 76.8 cm)

China

Eight Poems on Autumn Moods

1632

Handscroll; ink on paper

Image: 10 5/8 in. × 10 ft. 6 1/2 in. (27 × 321.3 cm)

China

Censer decorated with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

ca. 1640

Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); Diam. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

China

Vase with equestrian figure in landscape

mid-17th century

Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)

H. 8 in. (20.3 cm); Diam. 3 3/8 (8.6 cm)

Yu Ming

Dong Xiaowan in her sickbed

early 20th century

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

31 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. (80.6 x 43.5 cm)

Zhang Feng

Landscapes

dated 1644

Album of twelve leaves; ink and color on paper

Each leaf: 6 1/16 x 9 in. (15.4 x 22.9 cm)

China

Poem on a river sojourn

1645

Hanging scroll; ink on silk

Image: 95 × 23 in. (241.3 × 58.4 cm)Overall with mounting: 103 3/4 × 30 1/2 in. (263.5 × 77.5 cm)Overall with knobs: 103 3/4 × 34 in. (263.5 × 86.4 cm)

China

Rock with large perforations

17th–18th century

Calico Lingbi limestone; carved wood stand

H. 14 in. (35.5 cm); W. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm); D. 9 in. (22.8 cm)

Yun Xiang

Landscapes after historical painters

datable to 1638 or 1650

Album of ten leaves; ink and color on paper

10 1/4 x 6 in. (26 x 15.2 cm)

Kuncan

Wooded Mountains at Dusk

dated 1666

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Image: 49 1/2 × 24 in. (125.7 × 61 cm) Overall with mounting: 8 ft. 5 1/4 in. × 31 5/8 in. (257.2 × 80.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 8 ft. 5 1/4 in. × 34 3/4 in. (257.2 × 88.3 cm)

Yun Xiang

Snowscape, from Album for Zhou Lianggong

datable to 1645–55

Double album leaf from a collective album of twelve paintings and facing pages of calligraphy; ink on paper

Image: 9 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (25.1 × 33.3 cm) Overall with mounting (open): 23 5/8 × 14 1/8 in. (60 × 35.9 cm)

Ye Xin

White Crane Mountain, leaf from Album for Zhou Lianggong

datable to 1654–55

Leaf from a collective album of many leaves; ink and color on paper

Image: 9 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (25.1 × 33.3 cm) Overall with mounting (open): 23 5/8 × 14 1/8 in. (60 × 35.9 cm)

China

Landscapes

1655

Album of twenty leaves; ink on paper

Image: 10 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (26.4 × 18.1 cm)Overall with mounting (closed): 13 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (34.9 × 23.5 cm)Overall with mounting (open): 13 5/8 × 18 1/2 in. (34.6 × 47 cm)

Zhou Lianggong

Poems from the Pavilion of True Meaning

datable to 1663 or later

Album of twenty-eight leaves; ink on paper

Image: 10 3/8 × 6 1/2 in. (26.4 × 16.5 cm) album: 13 7/8 × 8 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (35.2 × 21.6 × 3.8 cm)

China

Sailboat laden with wine

1670s?

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Image: 41 1/8 × 12 in. (104.5 × 30.5 cm)Overall with mounting: 82 1/2 × 18 1/8 in. (209.6 × 46 cm)Overall with knobs: 82 1/2 × 20 3/4 in. (209.6 × 52.7 cm)

Ye Xin

Landscapes

dated 1652

Four leaves from an album of twelve leaves; ink and color on silk

4 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (11.7 x 14 cm)

Various artists

Album of painting and calligraphy for Maoshu

1666–80

Album of fourteen paintings and facing pages of calligraphy; ink and color on paper

Image (each leaf, various image sizes): 13 3/4 × 11 1/8 in. (34.9 × 28.3 cm) Each double leaf: 13 3/4 × 22 1/4 in. (34.9 × 56.5 cm) Album: 13 3/4 × 11 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (34.9 × 28.3 × 3.2 cm)

Zheng Fu

Poetic maxim in clerical script

dated 1691

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Image: 45 1/2 × 17 3/4 in. (115.6 × 45.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 97 3/4 × 25 1/2 in. (248.3 × 64.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 97 3/4 × 29 1/4 in. (248.3 × 74.3 cm)

China

Landscapes

1682

Album of eight paintings; ink and color on paper

Image (each page): 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)Overall with mounting (closed): 11 5/8 × 7 1/2 in. (29.5 × 19.1 cm)Overall with mounting (open): 11 5/8 × 15 in. (29.5 × 38.1 cm)

Gong Xian

Dwelling among mountains and clouds

17th century

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Image: 10 ft. 8 in. × 44 1/4 in. (325.1 × 112.4 cm) Overall with mounting: 13 ft. 7 in. × 55 1/4 in. (414 × 140.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 13 ft. 7 in. × 59 3/4 in. (414 × 151.8 cm)

China

Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

1817 edition

Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

Hu Zhengyan

Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

first edition printed in 1633

Individual leaf from a printed book; ink and color on paper

9 15/16 x 11 9/16 in. (25.2 x 29.4 cm)

China

Homage to a Strange Rock

dated 1654

Hanging scroll; ink on silk

63 × 26 3/16 in. (160 × 66.5 cm)Rolled: 2 3/4 × 37 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (7 × 94.6 × 6.4 cm)

China

Peaks near the Cloud Boat residence

1695

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Image: 47 3/4 × 19 1/2 in. (121.3 × 49.5 cm)

Mei Qing

Strolling in a misty valley

1649

Hanging scroll; ink on satin

Image: 61 3/8 × 20 1/2 in. (155.9 × 52.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 8 ft. 4 in. × 26 3/4 in. (254 × 67.9 cm) Overall with knobs: 8 ft. 4 in. × 30 1/4 in. (254 × 76.8 cm)

China

Scholar's rock

Black Lingbi limestone; wood stand

Overall (with base): H. 18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm); W. 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm); D. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)

China

Landscapes

1650

Album of ten leaves; ink and color on paper

Image: 8 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (22.2 × 29.8 cm)Overall with mounting (closed): 11 3/16 × 16 3/16 in. (28.4 × 41.1 cm)Overall with mounting (open): 22 3/8 × 16 3/16 in. (56.8 × 41.1 cm)

China

Rock in the form of a fantastic mountain

20th century

Taihu limestone; wood stand

H. (with stand) 46 in. (116.8 cm); W. 28 1/2 in. (72.4 cm); D. 20.5 in. (52.1 cm)

China

Visiting a friend at his mountain retreat

1661

Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold paper

Image: 9 3/8 × 20 3/8 in. (23.8 × 51.8 cm)Overall with mounting: 11 3/4 × 23 5/16 in. (29.8 × 59.2 cm)Sheet: 15 × 25 in. (38.1 × 63.5 cm)