Chinese Art

The Han Dynasty

206 BCE-220 CE

Female Dancer, 2nd c. BCE

Acrobats

Bronze Hippo

Jade Bear

Jade Tiger

Jade Horse

Ceramic Dog

Funerary Model: Mastiff, 2nd c.

Bronze and Gold Bird Cups

Bronze Leopards with Gold Inlay

The Tang Dynasty

618-907 CE

Musician

Mandarin Goose Vessel, Early 8th c.

Weight in the Form of Nestled Birds

Night-Shining WhiteHan Gann, Mid-8th c.

The Song Dynasty

960-1279 CE

Illustration of The Classic of Filial Piety

Elegant Party

Blue Magpie and Thorny ShrubsHuang Chu-ts’ai, 10th c.

Sitting Alone by a StreamFan K’uan, Late 10th-Early 11th c.

Scholar in a Meadow, 11th c.

Summer MountainsQu Ding, 11th c.

Bamboo in Monochrome InkWen T’ung, 11th c.

Magpies and HareTs’ui Po, 1061

Monkeys and CatsI Yuan-chi, 11th c.

Gibbons Playing in a Loquat Tree

Plum Tree, Bamboo, and a Gathering of Birds Early 12th c.

Finches and BambooEmperor Huizong, Early 12th c.

Bamboo and ShrikeLi Anzhong, 12th c.

Children at Play in an Autumn GardenSu Han-ch’en, Mid-12th c.

Camellia After a SnowLin Chun, Late 12th c.

Hibiscus

Viewing Plum Blossoms by MoonlightMa Yuan, Late 12th-Early 13th c.

Scholar by a WaterfallMa Yuan, Late 12th-Early 13th c.

Watching the Tide on a Moonlit NightLi Song, Late 12th-Early 13th c.

Basket of FlowersLi Song, late 12th-early 13th c.

Quietly Listening to Rustling PinesMa Lin, Early 13th c.

Poet Strolling by a Marshy BankLiang Kai, Early 13th c.

Pillow with Deer, 11th-12th c.

Pillow, 12th c.

Pillow, 12th-13th c.

Chinese Gardens

Shanghai Yu Garden

Shanghai Yu Garden

Hongyin Shanfang Garden

Garden of the Unsuccessful PoliticianWen Zhenming, 1551

Suzhou Lion Grove Garden

Red FriendLan Ying, 16th-17th c.

The Nine-Dragon WallBeijing, 1773