The Manchu ruled during the final imperial dynasty of China, a time of foreign influence and challenge.
1644–1912 C.E.
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Hua Yan, Pheasant, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum
Color and brushwork create a golden pheasant in this Qing dynasty hanging scroll
Wang Shimin, Cloud Capped Mountains and Misty Riverside
Wang Shimin reimagines the past in this Qing dynasty landscape
Zhao Zhiqian, Flowers Album
Peonies, plum blossoms, radishes, and cabbages are all depicted in these calligraphic ink paintings
Wang Shishen, Garden scene album leaves
These garden scenes are examples of how professional artists in Qing-dynasty China made a living
Ren Xiong, Self-Portrait
Ren Xiong's captivating self-portrait tells us a great deal about the principles of Chinese painting, the roles of self-portraiture and portraiture, and the canon of Chinese art.
Gong Xian, Eight Views of Landscape
An artist who used landscape as a way to process the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.
Portraits of Shi Wenying and Lady Guan
Ancestor portraits are typically commissioned by the family members of the deceased ancestors
Summer chaofu (formal court dress) for a top-rank prince
China has captivated the world for thousands of years with its skill and creativity in working with silk.
Landscape: tea sipping under willows
Tea drinking has been an essential part of Chinese culture for centuries
Imperial Workshop and Giuseppe Castiglione, The Qianlong Emperor as Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
This painting belongs to a small group of eight similar, imperially commissioned works that depict the Qianlong Emperor as the bodhisattva Manjushri
Lacquer box decorated with images of Spring and longevity
It must have been incredibly time consuming and expensive to make this box, the design of which, with its bright colors and three-dimensional imagery, is exceptionally vibrant.
Vase of bottle shape with “garlic” mouth
The fine quality of the porcelain and delicate painting details both suggest that the vase was made for and used by the imperial court in China
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