Arts

Sculptures of the Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties

Buddha of Maitreya Southern Song Dynasty Stone carving Height: 180cm

Statue of Sakyamuni

In China, Buddhism achieved great developments in both the Northern and...
Sculpture in...

The sculpture of Qianling Mausoleum is the main relic of the ground building...
Appreciation of...

Width: 15.7cm
Height: 10.5cm
Six Steeds of the...

The names of the six steeds are Telebiao, Qingmajia, Shifachi, Saluzi,...

Chunhua Paragon Book(detail)

As a primogenitor of Chinese models of calligraphy, Chunhua Paragon Book is the earliest book of calligraphic models which contains the writings of many calligraphists in China.
Spring Quting

Zhan Ziqian was good at landscape, characters and wall paintings; this work is the earliest surviving pure landscape work. The painter portrays a landscape in spring with color filling, in a...
Lotus Rising from the Water

This is a widely recognized Song lotus painting that features in the arts textbooks in elementary and secondary schools. On a white ground the petals are meticulously drawn in light red ink...
Regular Script

Regular script is also known as "True Script" and "Standard Script". "Regular" means model, namely, this type of script can be deemed as a model or standard script.