Wang Xizhi was a native of Linyi in Shandong but later moved to Guiji in Zhejiang. The descendant of a noted family, he once served as General of the Right Army, which is why he was called "Right..
Huang Tingjian (style name Luzhi; sobriquets Fuweng and Shangu daoren) was a native of Fenning, Jiangsi. He specialized in poetry and prose as well as calligraphy, being known in the latter along with..
Yun Shouping, the Qing master of flower painting, combined an attitude in painting of "sketching from life" along with methods of the ancients. This leaf from Yun Shou-ping's "Album..
Wang Hui (style name Shigu, sobriquet Gengyan sanren), a native of Changshu, Jiangsu, received instruction in painting from Wang Shimin (1592-1680) and Wang Jian (1598-1677) while also studying widely..
This album consists of sixteen leaves divided among blossoms of the four seasons and scattered with rocks, birds, insects, and other plants. The subjects appear to have been taken from scenes in the i..
This album consists of sixteen leaves divided among blossoms of the four seasons and scattered with rocks, birds, insects, and other plants. The subjects appear to have been taken from scenes in the i..
This album consists of sixteen leaves divided among blossoms of the four seasons and scattered with rocks, birds, insects, and other plants. The subjects appear to have been taken from scenes in the i..
This album consists of sixteen leaves divided among blossoms of the four seasons and scattered with rocks, birds, insects, and other plants. The subjects appear to have been taken from scenes in the i..
Giuseppe Castiglione, Chinese name Lang Shih-ning, was an Italian Jesuit, who is perhaps better known as an artist and an architectural designer than as a missionary. He came to China in 1715 to prose..
This painting, selected from Lang Shih-ning's album Immortal Calyxes, Eternal Spring, depicts brilliantly colored peonies swaying in the wind. Painting from life, the artist has used such Western ..
Patches are bright and beautiful embroidery of animals originated from the Sun and Yuan dynasties, also an indication and decoration of ranks symbolized on the official clothes in the Ming and Qing dy..
In this painting of a branch of peach blossoms is an inscription that reads, "Planted a thousand years ago, in the second month they begin to flourish." Appearing next to it are impressions ..
Bearing the signature "Painted by the Servitor Ma Yuan", this work depicts part of a branch in a succinct composition rendered with fine brushwork and delicate colors. The verse inscribed in..
Shen Zhenlin (style name Fengchi), a native of Wuxian (modern Suzhou, Jiangsu) served the Qing court painting academy in the Xianfeng and Tongzhi reigns (1851-1874). He specialized in figures and port..
Shen Zhenlin (style name Fengchi), a native of Wuxian (modern Suzhou, Jiangsu) served the Qing court painting academy in the Xianfeng and Tongzhi reigns (1851-1875). He specialized in figures and port..
Diplomacy Writing is a style of writing used when Chinese Empire wrote to the emperor of another empire. This one is the Diplomacy Writing from Ching Dynasty to the United Kingdom, written with Ching ..
Pin-Jing Embroidery is one of the traditional embroidery styles in China. It's embroidered with golden and silver lines from outter area gradually into the center, and then to fix the design with ..
Detailed Ceremonials" (Qu Li) is part of the Book of Rites. One commentary notes, "Qu Li is a detailed discussion of ceremonial affairs." It discusses 5 kinds of rituals for auspiciousn..
According to the colophon by Wen Chia, Chou Yu-shun of Kun-shan asked Wen Cheng-ming to calligraph The Heart Sutra for him and Chiu Ying to paint an accompanying picture. Chiu Ying lived in Soochow. H..