Butterflies from Life (赵昌写生蛱蝶图卷)
Song dynasty painters trusted their eyes. Zhao Chang is the name most often attached to that faith. His handscroll Butterflies from Life is a small, exact…
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Xiao and Xiang Rivers (董源潇湘图卷)
Before there was a Southern School of Chinese landscape, there was Dong Yuan. His scroll Xiao and Xiang Rivers is one of the works that started it. Everyth…
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Court Ladies Waving Fans (周昉挥扇仕女图卷)
A Tang dynasty court painter left us one of the clearest windows we have into the lives of aristocratic women more than a thousand years ago. Zhou Fang pai…
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Gathering Ferns (李唐采薇图卷)
A handscroll from the Song dynasty. The Palace Museum holds it among the paintings of its collection, and the image here is reproduced with the museum’s cre
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Eagle on the Maple, Eyeing a Pheasant (李迪枫鹰雉鸡图轴)
A hanging scroll from the Song dynasty. The Palace Museum holds it among the paintings of its collection, and the image here is reproduced with the museum’s
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Vimalakirti Preaching (李唐维摩演教图卷)
A handscroll from the Song dynasty. The Palace Museum holds it among the paintings of its collection, and the image here is reproduced with the museum’s cre
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Autumn Colors along Rivers and Mountains (赵伯驹江山秋色图卷)
A handscroll from the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). The Palace Museum holds it among the paintings of its collection, and the image here is reproduced w
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Ge Zhichuan Moving to the Mountains (王蒙葛稚川移居图轴)
A hanging scroll from the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). The Palace Museum holds it among the paintings of its collection, and the image here is reproduced with
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Two Horses (任仁发二马图卷)
A handscroll from the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). The Palace Museum holds it among the paintings of its collection, and the image here is reproduced with the
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A Copy of Wei Yan’s Herding Painting (李公麟仿韦偃牧放图卷)
A handscroll from the Song dynasty, devoted to herding. The Palace Museum holds it among the paintings of its collection, and the image here is reproduced w
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