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  • Flowers and Birds(detail)

    Flowers and Birds(detail)

    This painting on a handscroll depicts the three motifs of a blue oriole in the green peach tree, peony with its green foliage and pink plum blossoms.
  • A Mountain Retreat in...

    Wang Meng was adept at painting complex landscapes and invented for this purpose the ox hair and the released-knot texture strokes.
  • Ancient Tree and Cold Crow

    Ancient Tree and Cold...

    This work depicts a misty view near a small river. Elegant bamboo and an old tree grow together beside some stones. The painter uses variable brushes and ink to sketch a clear...
  • Woodcutter(detail)

    Wu Wei excelled at characters and landscapes. In his early years, he followed the Academy painting style of the Southern Song and his paintings were rigorous, elegant and forceful.
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  • Buddhist Sage
    Buddhist Sage
  • Sparrow and Rice by Wang Zhen
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  • Heart to Heart in Five Colors by Wu Hufan
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  • Red Plum by Liu Haisu
    Red Plum by Liu Haisu
  • Eagle Swooping down from the Sky by Qian Shoutie
    Eagle Swooping down...
  • Long live the Country by Pan Tianshou
    Long live the Country...
  • Scale-Like Bridge and Willow in Smoke by Qi Baishi
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  • Autumn Hawk by Gao Jianfu
    Autumn Hawk by Gao Jianfu
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  • After the Rain by Pan Tianshou
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  • Autumn by Lin Fengmian
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  • Han Gan: A Master Painter of Ho...
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  • Hanging scroll 'Spring Offering...
  • Happy Fish by Zhang Dazhuang
  • He Zheng
  • Heart to Heart in Five Colors b...
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  • In search of "Dragon Bones" - t...
  • Indian Dancing by Ye Qianyu
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  • Ivory Seal Carved with Characters
  • Jade Seal Incised with "Xiong N...
  • Jiang Feng
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  • Jin Nong: One of the Eight Ecce...
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  • Living Aloft: Master Liu's Retreat
  • Long live the Country by Pan Ti...
  • Looking Eastwards on Mount Jiao...
  • Lotus and Two Birds
  • Lotus by Wu Changshuo
  • Lotus by Zhang Daqian
  • Lotus Fanatic Liang Yehong
  • Lotus Flower by Huang Binhong
  • Lotus Pond by Lai Chusheng
  • Lotus Rising from the Water
  • Lu Ji: A Master of "Fu"
  • Luo Suya (Soraya Runckel)
  • Mandain Ducks amid Wilted Lotus
  • Mandarin Ducks in a Lotus Pond
  • Meeting of Scholars in the Garden
  • Meng Xiangshun
  • Mi Fu: the Genius Behind the Ma...
  • Mi Youren and His Ink Play Styl...
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  • Monkeys of Mount Tiandu by Chen...
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  • Mountain Market in Clearing Mist
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  • Ni Zan:One of the Four "Late Yu...
  • Night-Shining White
  • Official Script
  • Oil painting "Fictional Passion...
  • Oil Paintings by Zeng Fanzhi
  • Old Trees, Level Distance
  • On Health Preservation by Ji Kang
  • On Poetry by Confucius (detail)
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  • Orchid and Bamboo
  • Orchids
  • Ouyang Xun: the Founder of Ou S...
  • Pacing a Horse
  • Painting of Plum Blossom by Zhe...
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  • Palace Banquet
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  • Partridge and Thorn Tit
  • Peach and Willow Trees in Sprin...
  • Peaches by Wu Changshuo
  • Peng Xiancheng
  • Peony
  • Picture of Learned Men
  • Pine and Cloud at Mount Huangsh...
  • Pines and Rocks in the Sea of M...
  • Pines on Mountains
  • Planting Chrysanthemums
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  • Plum painting collection of Li ...
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  • Poem of Farewell to Liu Man
  • Poet Strolling by a Marshy Bank
  • Pome Depicting Duojing Lou Pavi...
  • Pond Ringed by Willows in Sprin...
  • Portrait of Mao by Qiu Jie
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  • Portrait of Zhong Kui by Chen H...
  • Prevalence of Scholar Paintings
  • Proses on Chibi
  • Pu Ru: An Artist Oringinated fr...
  • Qi Baishi
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  • Qing court foreign painter - Gi...
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  • Quatrain on Spring's Radiance
  • Red Friend
  • Red Plum Blossoms by Xu Beihong
  • Red Plum by Liu Haisu
  • Red Prunus by Wu Changshuo
  • Red Tree and Singing Bird by Hu...
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  • Region South of the Yangtze Riv...
  • Regular Script
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  • Rest Stop for the Khan
  • Revelry in Tang Court
  • Riding in the Snow Mountain
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  • River Li in the Rain by Li Keran
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  • Scale-Like Bridge and Willow in...
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  • Si Maguang:the Author of "the G...
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  • Snow Clearing: Landscape after ...
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  • Stories of Tao Yuanming by Chen...
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  • Sun Guoting:the Author of Treat...
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  • Tea Time by Chen Hongshou, Ming...
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  • The Classic of Filial Piety
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  • The Emperor on a Hunting Excursion
  • The Founding Ceremony of the Na...
  • The Golden Seal of Duke Di
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  • The Jade Signature Seal of the ...
  • The Kangxi Emperor's Southern I...
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  • The Seal of Zhuzun in Series
  • The Semi-cursive Script
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  • The Sixteen Luohans
  • The Sixteen Luohans
  • The Spectacle at Mount Huangsha...
  • The Xiao and Xiang Rivers by Do...
  • Thousand-character Reader
  • Three Genres of Chinese Painting
  • Trace Copy of Poem of General P...
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  • Twin Delights
  • Twin Granes by Plum Tree in Snow
  • Twin Pines, Level Distance by Z...
  • Two Eagles
  • Two Hawks in a Thicket
  • Two Horses
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  • Two Scholars on the Bridge by C...
  • Untainted Lotus by Cui Zifan
  • Viewing Plum Blossoms by Moonlight
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  • Wang Anguo
  • Wang Shenyong
  • Wang Shiguo
  • Wang Wei: A Great Poet and Painter
  • Wang Xianzhi: Better than His F...
  • Wang Xizhi and Preface to the O...
  • Wang Xizhi Watching Geese
  • Wang Xizhi, the Sage of Calligr...
  • Wangchuan Villa
  • Watercolor paintings by Zhao Haoyi
  • Wei Yan: A Master of Horse Pain...
  • Weiba's Jade Seal
  • Wen Tianxiang: A National Hero ...
  • Wen Zhengming: One of the Desig...
  • Whiling Away the Summer
  • Wind among the Trees on the Riv...
  • Wind-swept Pines in the Mountai...
  • Winter Beauty: Blossoming Plum
  • Women in Chinese Painting
  • Wood Print of Figures by Chen H...
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  • Wu Changshuo
  • Wu Daozi - the Painting Sage of...
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  • Ya Tou Wan Tie
  • Yan Liben: A Politian Famous fo...
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  • Ye Qianyu
  • Zhan Ziqian: the Ancestor of Ch...
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  • Hu Gui: the Recorder of Norther Daily Life

    Hu Gui: the Recorder of Norther Daily Life
    Painter in the Later Tang of the Five Dynasties period. He was of Khitan...
  • Li Zanhua: A Famous Painter from the Northern Tribes

    Li Zanhua: A Famous Painter from the Northern Tribes
    Painter in the state of Later Tang and the Five Dynasties period; born with...
  • Sun Wei: Excelled at Painting Landscapes

    Sun Wei: Excelled at Painting Landscapes
    Another name: Sun Yu. He was from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, a painter in...
  • Wei Yan: A Master of Horse Painting

    Wei Yan: A Master of Horse Painting
    Painter of the Tang dynasty, native of Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. Like his...
  • Han Huang:Famous for Painting Rural Scenes

    Han Huang:Famous for Painting Rural Scenes
    Native of Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. He followed in his father’s footsteps...
  • Wang Wei: A Great Poet and Painter

    Wang Wei: A Great Poet and Painter
    Courtesy name: Mojie, native of Yongji, Shanxi Province; poet and painter. In...
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