Portrait of Chabi is a glimpse into the crucial role played by court dress in the consolidation of Mongol rule across Eurasia.
Yuan Dynasty
Painting and poetry among friends during Mongol rule in Yuan dynasty China
Wang Mian, Plum Blossoms in Ink
This handscroll is almost thirty-five feet long and illustrates the twenty-one steps of producing rice.
Attributed to Cheng Qi, Tilling Rice, after ...
Scholar hermits as fishermen boating on a river is one of Wu’s favorite painting themes.
Wu Zhen, Fishermen, after Jing Hao
Bamboo is a very popular subject in Chinese painting, especially among scholar-artists like Ni Zan
Ni Zan, A branch of bamboo
Zhao’s opened up artistic possibilities for the Four Yuan Masters, and literati painters in subsequent centuries.
Zhao Mengfu, Autumn Colors on the Que ...
Despite the short duration of the Yuan dynasty, it was an extremely vital period in the arts.
Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), an introduction
A tombstone belonging to an Italian merchant's daughter found in Yangzhou reveals the social and religious plurality of Yuan China
Caterina Vilioni’s tomb in Yangzhou
A rare Yuan dynasty painting shows animals and insects feeding off each other.
Xie Chufang, Fascination of Nature, handscroll
A literati painter, Qian painted landscapes, historical figures and flowers.
Qian Xuan, Young nobleman on horseback, handscroll
Zheng’s precise calligraphic strokes lend vitality and movement to these delicate flowers. But are they rootless?
Zheng Sixiao, Ink Orchid
Dragons! Elephants! A phoenix! Many motifs cover these tall vases, but it’s the inscriptions that date the pair.
The David Vases
This enormous Buddhist wall painting exemplifies an important format of Chinese painting rarely seen in the West.
Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru (Yaoshi fo)
Unroll this handscroll and experience a spectacular panorama of rounded mountains, lush trees, and flowing water.
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