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This is a copy of--or a variation upon--one of the most famous of all Chinese handscrolls, a depiction of life along the Yellow River in the Song-dyna

Listening-to-the-Rain Studio

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A descendant of an illustrious family of painters, Wang Chen upheld the literary-man's style of painting in the second half of the 18th century.

Simhavaktra

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Simhavaktra, a Buddhist goddess whose name means “lion-faced,” dramatically embodies the ideal of enlightenment.

The Chinese Monk Budai

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This rubbing is of an engraving at Shaolin Temple in the Shantung province.

Kalachakra and Vishvamata

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Locked in a passionate embrace, the male Buddha Kalachakra and his female partner, Vishvamata, manifest the ideal of complete enlightenment, the supre

Bowl with Lotus Decoration

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Chinese blue and white porcelains were some of the most commonly exported pieces to Europe, the Near East, and Southeast Asia.

Plate with Dutch Couple

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Chinese export porcelain appeared in European markets as early as 1517, the year king of Portugal Manuel I established an embassy at Beijing.

Album of Landscapes

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Now detached, these four leaves were originally joined together. They were to be looked at one by one, like pages in a book.

Snuff Bottle with Pair of Dragons

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This bottle has been adapted for snuff with a very wide neck plus a matching stopper with a large cork and shovel-shaped ivory spoon.

Free Spirits Among Streams and Mountains

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When he painted this long handscroll in 1684, Wang Yuanqi [Wang Yüan-ch'i], the greatest orthodox master of the Qing [Ch'ing] dynasty, had n

Cosmic Mount Meru

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The setting, with beasts and floating skulls in a desolate landscape, focuses the mind of the meditator (or the initiate in a ceremony) upon mortality

Calligraphy

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An important government official and poet, Qian Feng [Ch'ien Feng] is remembered for his courage in speaking out against corruption in high place

Snuff Bottle with Bird on a Rock and a Deer under a Pine

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This white nephrite jade snuff bottle is of flattened vase form.

Snuff Bottle with Bird on a Rock and Lotus Blossoms in a Pond

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This very attractive shadow agate snuff bottlehas a dull beige tone ground with dark areas carved to reveal lotus blossoms in a pond, and a bird on a

Music-Making in a Pavilion

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This painting is intended to suggest an earlier ideal time: the landscape is painted in the "blue-and-green" style that dates back to the Ta

Offering Tangka of Protector Deity Palden Remati

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Palden Remati, a form of the female protector Lhamo, is depicted entirely with symbols: a club, a halo of flames, and a blood-filled skull cup (that o

Album of Calligraphies and Paintings

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This board-bound, accordion-fold Chinese album consists of 26 pages.

Lakeside Pavilion

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What looks natural may be a landscape garden on a grand scale--with a palace-like structure in the distance and an elaborate pavilion on the shore, wh

River-scape

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Deep Cup with Lid

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Deep cup with open-work wood cover and with jade flower-form handle; porcelain with underglaze red or ox-blood ("Lang Yao").

Scholar's Garden Party

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A scholar (that is, an idealized educated bureaucrat) ladles wine into a cup while sitting at a low stone table on which rest a brush, inkstone, books