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Highlights of Chinese Art

Vase, Porcelain with peach-bloom glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Vase
China
1713–22
Bowl with dragons amid waves , Stoneware with carved and incised decoration under celadon glaze (Yue ware), China
Bowl with dragons amid waves
China
10th century
Buddha, probably Amitabha , Dry lacquer with polychrome pigment and gilding, China
Buddha, probably Amitabha
China
early 7th century
Altar Set, Bronze, China
Altar Set
China
late 11th century BCE
Jar with dragon , Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Jar with dragon
China
early 15th century
Buddha Maitreya (Mile) Altarpiece, Gilt bronze, China
Buddha Maitreya (Mile) Altarpiece
China
dated 524 (5th year of Zhengguang reign)
Emperor Xuanzong's Flight to Shu, Unidentified artist Chinese, active mid-12th century, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, China
Emperor Xuanzong's Flight to Shu
Unidentified artist
mid-12th century
Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru (Yaoshi fo), Water-based pigment over foundation of clay mixed with straw, China
Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru (Yaoshi fo)
China
ca. 1319
Summer Mountains, Qu Ding Chinese, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Summer Mountains
Qu Ding
ca. 1050
Wang Xizhi watching geese, Qian Xuan Chinese, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper, China
Wang Xizhi watching geese
Qian Xuan
ca. 1295
Dish in the shape of a leaf, Silver with parcel gilding, China
Dish in the shape of a leaf
China
late 7th–early 8th century
Night-Shining White, Han Gan Chinese, Handscroll; ink on paper, China
Night-Shining White
Han Gan
ca. 750
The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Three: Ji'nan to Mount Tai, Wang Hui and assistants Chinese, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Three: Ji'nan to Mount Tai
Wang Hui
datable to 1698
Landscapes with poems, Gong Xian Chinese, Fifteen leaves from an album (1980.516.2a–c and 1981.4.1a–o) of eighteen leaves, China
Landscapes with poems
Gong Xian
1688
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi Chinese, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance
Guo Xi
ca. 1080
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong Chinese, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo
Emperor Huizong
early 12th century
Knotted dragon pendant, Jade (nephrite), China
Knotted dragon pendant
China
3rd century BCE
The Sixteen Luohans, Wu Bin Chinese, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, China
The Sixteen Luohans
Wu Bin
dated 1591
Cosmological Mandala with Mount Meru, Silk tapestry (kesi), China
Cosmological Mandala with Mount Meru
China
14th century
Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru , Huang Tingjian Chinese, Handscroll; ink on paper, China
Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru
Huang Tingjian
ca. 1095
Female Dancer, Earthenware with slip and pigment, China
Female Dancer
China
2nd century BCE
Sutra box with dragons amid clouds, Red lacquer, incised decoration, gold inlay, damascened brass lock and key, China
Sutra box with dragons amid clouds
China
Tapestry with Dragons and Flowers, Silk tapestry, Eastern Central Asia
Tapestry with Dragons and Flowers
Eastern Central Asia
11th–12th century