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The World Of Scholars' Rocks: Gardens, Studios, And Paintings

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Rock in the form of a seated tiger
Black Lingbi limestone with carved wooden stand
Promised Gift of the Richard Rosenblum Family


Vertical Rock
Gray Lingbi limestone with carved wooden stand
Promised Gift of the Richard Rosenblum Family


Vertical Rock
Off-white Zhaoqing limestone with carved wooden stand
Promised Gift of the Richard Rosenblum Family


Bamboo in Wind, about 1460
Xia Chang (1388-1470)
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Edward Elliott Family Collection, Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1989 (1989.235.1)


Red Frined
Lang Ying (1585-ca. 1664)
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Ex. coll.: C. C. Wang Family
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse, in honor of Douglas Dillon, 1979 (1979.26)


Scholar on a Rock
Ren Yi (Ren Bonian; 1840-1896)
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on paper
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986 (1986.267.49)


Garden of the Unsuccessful Politician, dated 1551
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559)
Album of eight paintings, ink on paper
Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1979 (1979.458.1)


Rocks in The Astor Court
Southwest corner with Cold Spring Pavilion
(The Astor Court was opened to the public in 1981)
Gift of the Vincent Astor Foundation, 1980


Rocks in The Astor Court
West wall, Taihu rocks and plantings
(The Astor Court was opened to the public in 1981)
Gift of the Vincent Astor Foundation, 1980





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