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Exhibition
Vision and Verse: The Poetry of Chinese Painting
Through June 16
Now on view at
The Met Fifth Avenue
in
Galleries 210–216
Free with Museum admission
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Overview
Exhibition Objects
Odes of the State of Bin
Ma Hezhi (Chinese, ca. 1130–ca. 1170) , and Assistants
Calligraphy attributed to Emperor Gaozong (Chinese, 1107–1187, r. 1127–1162)
mid-12th century
Courtly Odes, Beginning with "Wild Geese"
Ma Hezhi (Chinese, ca. 1130–ca. 1170) and Assistants
mid-12th century
Odes of the State of Bin: The Seventh Month
Fei Qinghu (Fei Zhaoyang) (Chinese, active late 18th--early 19th century)
late 18th–early 19th century
The Scholar Fu Sheng Transmitting the Book of Documents
Du Jin (Chinese, active ca. 1465–1509)
15th–mid-16th century
Scholar-recluse in blue-green landscape
Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652)
1633
Landscapes, Figures, and Flowers
Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652)
dated 1618–22
Nine Songs
After Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 1254–1322)
14th–15th century
Poet strolling by a marshy bank
Liang Kai (Chinese, active early 13th century)
early 13th century
Nine Songs
Unidentified artist Chinese, 15th–16th century
15th–16th century
Qu Yuan and the Fisherman
Shen Hao (Chinese, active 1630–50)
mid-17th century
Vase with Daoist immortals, flower sprays, and dragons
China
mid-17th century
Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
Qian Gu (Chinese, 1508–ca. 1578)
1560
Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
Unidentified artist , 16th century
Formerly attributed to Li Gonglin (Chinese, ca. 1041–1106)
16th century
Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
Qian Gong (Chinese, active 1573–1619)
dated 1607
Portrait of a gentleman gathering chrysanthemums
Hua Guan (Chinese, ca. 1740–ca. 1822)
dated 1791
Tao Yuanming
Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)
1957
Planting Chrysanthemums
Lu Zhi (Chinese, 1495–1576)
16th century
Tao Yuanming enjoying chrysanthemums
Du Jin (Chinese, active ca. 1465–1509)
late 15th or early 16th century
Vase decorated with flowers, birds, and poems
China
dated 1709
Chrysanthemums by a rock
Gao Fenghan (Chinese, 1683–1748)
18th century
Peach Blossom Spring
Zhang Hong (Chinese, 1577–after 1652)
dated 1638
White Lotus Society
Unidentified artist , 15th century
After Li Gonglin (Chinese, ca. 1041–1106)
15th century
Brush holder with Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
China
18th–19th century
Song of the Lute
Ding Yunpeng (Chinese, 1547–ca. 1621)
1585
Landscape after a poem by Wang Wei
Tang Di (Chinese, ca. 1287–1355)
1323
Landscape
Zhang Ruitu (Chinese, 1570–1641)
early 17th century
Brush pot with decoration of landscape and poem by Du Fu (712–770)
China
ca. 1670
Azure Cliff with Red Maples
Wu Bin (active ca. 1583–1626)
dated 1603
Recluse washing his feet in a stream
Chen Guan (Chinese, 1563–after 1639)
dated 1629
Bowl with Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
China
Travelers in a Wintry Forest
Unidentified artist Chinese, active early 12th century
Traditionally attributed to Li Cheng (Chinese, 919–967)
early 12th century
Chan master riding a mule
Unidentified artist Chinese, active mid-13th century
before 1249
Bodhidharma crossing the Yangzi River on a reed
Li Yaofu (Chinese, active ca. 1300)
before 1317
Reading a sutra by moonlight
Unidentified artist , early 14th century
ca. 1332
Mending clothes by daylight
Unidentified artist (Chinese, 13th century)
calligraphy datable to 1240s
Illustrated Six-Character Poems of the Tang Dynasty, one volume of Eight Kinds of Painting Manuals (vol. 1); Illustrated Poems of Plants and Flowers, one volume of Eight Kinds of Painting Manuals (vol. 2)
Illustrated by Cai Chonghuan (Chinese, active early 17th century)
dated 1621, first edition
Wangchuan Villa
Unidentified artist , 16th century
In the Style of Guo Zhongshu (Chinese, died 977)
16th–17th century
Scholars of the Liuli Hall
Unidentified artist Chinese, late 13th century
late 13th century
Remote Valleys, Sounds of Waterfalls, Deep Forests
Liu Yu (Chinese, 1620–after 1689)
dated 1678
Landscapes after Tang-dynasty poems
Sheng Maoye (Chinese, active ca. 1615–ca. 1640)
mid-17th century
Landscapes and poems
Dong Qichang (Chinese, 1555–1636)
early 17th century
Landscapes in the styles of old masters
Wang Jian (Chinese, 1609–1677/88)
Title piece by Wang Shimin (Chinese, 1592–1680)
dated 1668
Landscapes
Zhang Feng (Chinese, active ca. 1628–1662)
dated 1644
Dish with poem “The Pavilion of the Prince of Teng” by Du Fu (712–770)
China
ca. 1650–60
Pair of inscribed tea caddies
Attributed to Shen Cunzhou (Chinese, active 17th century)
17th century
Vase
Attributed to Shisou (Chinese, active first half the 17th century)
17th–18th century
Couplet from Song Zhiwen’s poem “Ascending the Pavilion at the Monastery of Meditative Concentration”
Attributed to Mi Wanzhong (Chinese, 1570–1628)
late 16th or early 17th century
Transcription of Three of Cao Tang’s “Smaller Wandering Immortal Poems”
Da Chongguang (Chinese, 1623–1692)
1686
Square-form vase with decoration of Su Shi’s first and second “Rhapsody on Red Cliff”
China
Pair of table screens with flowers, birds, and poems
China
17th century
Illustration of Su Shi’s “Second Rhapsody on Red Cliff”
Zhang Ruitu (Chinese, 1570–1641)
dated 1628
Eight Songs of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers
Unidentified artist , 16th or 17th century
After Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559)
16th or 17th century
Illustration of Su Shi’s “Second Rhapsody on Red Cliff”
Multiple artists/makers
late 14th–early 15th century
Visiting Red Cliff
Xu Bangda (Chinese, born 1911)
dated 1941
Anchorage on a rainy night
Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)
dated 1477
Drunk in Autumn Woods
Shitao (Zhu Ruoji) (Chinese, 1642–1707)
ca. 1702
Boating beneath Echo Hill
Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623–1697)
datable to 1673
Wintry mountains
Gong Xian (Chinese, 1619–1689)
ca. 1679–89
Bamboo, old tree, and rock
Wu Zhen (Chinese, 1280–1354)
dated 1338
Rock with large perforations
China
17th–18th century
Enjoying the Wilderness in an Autumn Grove
Ni Zan (Chinese, 1306–1374)
dated 1339
Scholar's rock
China
Spring Dawn over the Elixir Terrace
Lu Guang (Chinese, ca. 1300–after 1371)
ca. 1369
Landscapes and calligraphy
Gao Fenghan (Chinese, 1683–1748)
dated 1736
Bamboo, plum, and rock
Li Fangying (Chinese, 1696–1754)
dated 1743
Vase with landscape
China
early 18th century
Ink bamboo
Li Shan (Chinese, 1686–ca. 1756)
dated 1749
Brewing Tea
Wu Changshuo (Chinese, 1844–1927)
dated 1918
Orchids and bamboo
Zheng Xie (Chinese, 1693–1765)
dated 1742
Plan Your Visit
Dates
Through June 16
The Met Fifth Avenue
Galleries 210–216
Free with Museum admission
Plan Your Visit
All exhibitions