Arts

Landscape in Ink and Wash

: This painting on a handscroll depicts the three motifs of a blue oriole in the green peach tree,...

: "Vimalakirti" in Illustration on the Vimalakirti Sutra

: The painting of the Qing Dynasty takes on the style and features peculiar to its time.Court...

Zha Shibiao excelled at landscapes; his brushes were sparse and light. Along with HongRen, Wang Zhirui and Sun Yi, he was a representative of the Xin'an school of painting. The work paints a water view of the region south of the Yangtze River. A farmer's hut, small hills and smoky willows near the water are surrounded by mist and are indistinct. A small bridge might be the only path connecting the farmer's hut with the outside world. The painter uses a large number of wet brushes and rich, light ink on relatively impermeable paper. What he achieved is a masterpiece said to be "significant in haziness".

Painting of the Qing Dynasty

The painting of the Qing Dynasty takes on the style and features peculiar to its time.Court painting developed greatly during the reigns of Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong, and exhibited a new style and features completely different from that of Academy Painting of previous dynasties.

Lotus

Lotus

Bada Shanren
Ink on paper
24.4*23cm
Grazing near a Grove of Tree

Grazing near a Grove of Tree

Wang Hui
Ink and color on paper
22.4*34cm
Cargo Ship on the Canal

Cargo Ship on the Canal

Shi Tao
Ink and color on paper
23.4*36.9cm