Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Chinese Paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spring Offering

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Spring Offering, dated 1919
Wu Changshuo (Chinese, 1844–1927)
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; 57 3/8 x 31 1/4 in. (145.7 x 79.4 cm)
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth (1988.324.2)

Buddhist Sage

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Buddhist Sage, dated 1928
Wang Zhen (Chinese, 1867–1938)
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; 78 1/2 x 36 7/8 in. (199.4 x 93.7 cm)
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986 (1986.267.156)

Grazing Horse

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Grazing Horse, dated 1932
Xu Beihong (Chinese, 1895–1953)
Hanging scroll; ink on paper; 20 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (52.1 x 37.5 cm)
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986 (1986.267.192)

Viewing Antiquities at the Studio of Humility

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Viewing Antiquities at the Studio of Humility, dated 1930
Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864–1957)
Album leaf; ink and color on paper; 11 1/16 x 13 1/4 in. (28 x 33.7 cm)
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986 (1986.267.214)

Eagle on a Pine Tree

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Eagle on a Pine Tree (detail)
Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864–1957)
Hanging scroll; ink on paper; 68 1/8 x 21 1/2 in. (173 x 52.1 cm)
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986 (1986.267.216)

Playing Weiqi at the Water Pavilion

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Playing Weiqi at the Water Pavilion
Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)
Hanging scroll; ink and color on Korean paper; 49 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. (126.4 x 74.9 cm)
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1988 (1988.324.3)

Buddha's Manifestation of Joyfulness

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Buddha's Manifestation of Joyfulness (detail), dated 1946
Zhang Daqian (Chinese, 1899–1983)
Hanging scroll; ink and color on bark paper; 59 1/2 x 28 1/16 in. (151.1 x 71.2 cm)
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986 (1986.267.360)

Splashed-Color Landscape

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Splashed-Color Landscape, dated 1965
Zhang Daqian (Chinese, 1899–1983)
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; 23 3/4 x 37 3/4 in. (60.3 x 95.9 cm)
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986 (1986.267.361)

Seated Woman

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Seated Woman
Lin Fengmian (Chinese, 1900–1991)
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; 27 x 25 3/4 in. (68.6 x 65.4 cm)
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986 (1986.267.374)

Seascape at Beidaihe

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Seascape at Beidaihe, dated 1977
Wu Guanzhong (Chinese, b. 1919)
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; 38 1/8 x 45 1/4 in. (96.8 x 114.9 cm)
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986 (1986.267.431)