Lotus crane square pot
A crane takes off from the lid of a bronze vessel, and three centuries of rigid ritual art end.
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Cloisonné enamel censer
Blue wire, fired glass, a shape borrowed from ancient bronze.
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Khotan white jade bowl with gold and gemstones
A bowl arrived from the Mughal court and a Chinese emperor could not stop looking at it.
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Various glazed large bottles
One vase, every trick the kilns knew.
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The Night Revels of Han Xizai (Gu Hongzhong)
A king suspected his minister of treason and sent a painter to the man’s parties to find out.
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Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibetan Envoy (Yan Liben)
An emperor sits, an envoy stands, and an empire gets bigger.
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Five Oxen (Han Huang)
Five oxen stand and do almost nothing, and that is the point.
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Huang Jun’s Fuchun Mountain Residence Picture Scroll
Copying a masterpiece was how painters learned.
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Shen Zhou Fangzi’s Long Fuchun Mountain Residence Picture Scroll
The greatest landscape of the Yuan dynasty was almost lost, then cut in half.
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Along the River During the Qingming Festival (Zhang Zeduan)
A city wakes up and goes to work.
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