One Torah’s decoration—from Iraq to China and India—reveals global artistic and cultural connections in the 19th century.
Qing dynasty
“One Hundred Birds” was a common subject matter in embroidery from the Guangzhou region.
“One Hundred Birds” hanging scroll
Why does this Qing-dynasty porcelain mimic ivory?
Européenerie on a Chinese Table Screen
Color and brushwork create a golden pheasant in this Qing dynasty hanging scroll
Hua Yan, Pheasant, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum
Wang Shimin reimagines the past in this Qing dynasty landscape
Wang Shimin, Cloud Capped Mountains and Misty ...
Peonies, plum blossoms, radishes, and cabbages are all depicted in these calligraphic ink paintings
Zhao Zhiqian, Flowers Album
These garden scenes are examples of how professional artists in Qing-dynasty China made a living
Wang Shishen, Garden scene album leaves
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.
Ren Xiong, Self-Portrait
An artist who used landscape as a way to process the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.
Gong Xian, Eight Views of Landscape
Ancestor portraits are typically commissioned by the family members of the deceased ancestors
Portraits of Shi Wenying and Lady Guan
China has captivated the world for thousands of years with its skill and creativity in working with silk.
Summer chaofu (formal court dress) for a ...
Tea drinking has been an essential part of Chinese culture for centuries
Landscape: tea sipping under willows
This painting belongs to a small group of eight similar, imperially commissioned works that depict the Qianlong Emperor as the bodhisattva Manjushri
Imperial Workshop and Giuseppe Castiglione, The Qianlong ...
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.
Lacquer box decorated with images of Spring ...
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
Vase of bottle shape with “garlic” mouth
The Summer Palace in Beijing is a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design.
Summer Palace in Beijing
A tiny teapot made for a literati audience in Qing dynasty China
Zisha “Ru Ding” teapot, Yixing ware
The Qing dynasty, especially in the eighteenth century when the Qing empire was the largest and most prosperous in the world, saw prolific cultural and artistic achievements.
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), an introduction
12 paintings by Shitao that take you on a journey
Shitao, Returning Home
The angry ducks of Bada Shanren.
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