Skip to main content
tickets
Member
|
Make a donation
Search
Visit
Plan Your Visit
Buy Tickets
Become a Member
Museum Map
Food and Drink
Accessibility
Group Visits
Exhibitions and Events
Exhibitions
Events and Tours
Performances
Art
The Met Collection
Curatorial Areas
Conservation and Scientific Research
Learn with Us
Learning Resources
Publications
Timeline of Art History
Workshops and Activities
Articles, Videos, and Podcasts
Research
Libraries and Research Centers
Shop
Search
Exhibition
Noble Virtues: Nature as Symbol in Chinese Art
September 10, 2022–January 29, 2023
Previously on view at
The Met Fifth Avenue
in
Galleries 210–216
Free with Museum admission
All exhibitions
Overview
Exhibition Objects
Windblown bamboo
Yang Han (Chinese, active late 17th century)
1686
Orchids and bamboo
Zheng Xie (Chinese, 1693–1765)
dated 1742
Censer decorated with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
China
ca. 1640
Bamboo copied after Wen Tong
Ke Jiusi (Chinese, 1290–1343)
dated 1343
Brush Holder
Gu Jue (active late 17th century)
Bamboo and rocks
Li Kan (Chinese, 1245–1320)
dated 1318
Brush holder decorated with garden scene
China
Windblown bamboo
Xia Chang (Chinese, 1388–1470)
ca. 1460
Bamboo in wind and rain
Shitao (Zhu Ruoji) (Chinese, 1642–1707)
ca. 1694
Ink bamboo
Li Shan (Chinese, 1686–ca. 1756)
dated 1749
Poems on painting plum blossoms and bamboo
Zhao Mengjian (Chinese, 1199–before 1267)
dated 1260
Ink bamboo
Tang Yin (Chinese, 1470–1524)
early 16th century
Bamboo in a spring thunderstorm
After Tang Yin (Chinese, 1470–1524)
17th century
Bamboo and poem
Zhu Lu (Chinese, 1553–1632)
early 17th century
Covered box decorated with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
China
ca. 1640
Bamboo
Wu Huayuan (active early 20th century)
dated 1942
Wrist rest decorated with long beans
Jin Xiya (Chinese, 1890–1979)
1935
Wrist rest decorated with bamboo
Jin Xiya (Chinese, 1890–1979)
1929
Carved fan with plum-blossom painting
Bamboo carving by Jin Xiya (Chinese, 1890–1979)
Painting and calligraphy by Yuan Tanshu (Chinese, 1899–1981)
carving dated 1924
Vase decorated with blossoming plum
China
Wintry plum
Ni Jing (Chinese, active late 14th century?)
14th century
Spring Breeze of Myriad Pasts
Zhang You (Chinese, active mid 15th century)
mid-15th century
Jar decorated with plum blossoms
China
early 16th century
Covered jar decorated with blossoming plum and cracked ice
China
late 17th–early 18th century
Plum blossoms
Lu Fu (Chinese, late 15th–early 16th century)
dated 1505
Album of Blossoming Plum
Li Fangying (Chinese, 1696–1754)
1742
Plum in snow
Liu Shiru (Chinese, active 16th century)
The Pure Whiteness of Winter
Xu Jing (Chinese, active first half 15th century)
dated 1441
Bamboo, plum, and rock
Li Fangying (Chinese, 1696–1754)
dated 1743
Blossoming plum
Jin Nong (Chinese, 1687–1773)
dated 1759
Vase decorated with blossoming plum
China
Old plum
Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864–1957)
20th century
Plum blossoms
Jin Nong (Chinese, 1687–1773)
dated 1757
Pine Longevity
Wu Hufan (Chinese, 1894–1968)
1950
Lofty Branches Like Phoenix Wings
Zhang Daqian (Chinese, 1899–1983)
1960
Pine tree and rock
Tang Di (Chinese, 1878–1948)
dated 1930
Flower holder in the form of pine and bamboo
China
18th century
Old pine
Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559)
mid-16th century
Dragon pine
Wu Boli (Chinese, active late 14th–early 15th century)
late 14th–early 15th century
Jar decorated with auspicious characters amid plants
China
late 16th century
Jar decorated with auspicious characters amid plants
China
The Two Purities
Wu Changshuo (Chinese, 1844–1927)
1922
Panel with five phoenixes in a garden
China
18th century
Panel with five phoenixes in a garden
China
18th century
Vase decorated with flowers and birds
China
Vase decorated with cranes amid clouds
China
Vase decorated with flowers
China
Vase decorated with flowers
China
Woman’s robe decorated with cranes amid clouds
China
19th century
Crane in a bamboo grove
Unidentified artist Chinese, 14th–early 15th century
14th–early 15th century
Mountain scene in the form of pine, cranes, and immortals
China
18th–19th century
Portrait of husband and wife
Unidentified artist , Chinese, late 18th–early 19th century
late 18th–early 19th century
Woman’s robe decorated with crane medallions
China
19th century
Cranes, peach tree, and China rose
After Shen Quan (Chinese, 1682–after 1762)
18th century
Crane, pine, and rock
Chen Zhaofeng (Chinese, active late 19th century)
late 19th century
Lotus and waterbirds
Unidentified artist , active ca. 1300
ca. 1300
Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva
Unidentified artist Chinese, 16th century
late 17th–early 18th century
Vase decorated with lotus flowers
China
mid-18th century
Red lotus and fish
Tang Guang (Chinese, ca. 1670–1690)
Crabapple, China rose, and Indian flycatcher
Shen Quan (Chinese, 1682–after 1762)
1750
Vase with flowers and birds of the four seasons
China
early 18th century
Peahen and hibiscus
Bian Lu (Chinese, active mid-14th century)
mid-14th century
Vase decorated with magnolia, hollyhocks, and pheasants
China
early 18th century
Magnolia, crabapple, and tree peony
China
late 17th–early 18th century
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
Illustrated by Hu Zhengyan (Chinese, 1584/5–1673/4) , and others
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
China
first edition printed in 1633
Jar decorated with rock, peonies, and birds
China
mid- to late 17th century
Vase decorated with peonies and chrysanthemums
China
mid-17th century
Vase decorated with bird on flowering plum
China
mid-17th century
Vase decorated with flowers, birds, and poems
China
dated 1709
Vase decorated with flowers and butterflies
China
Lotuses on a summer evening
After Yun Shouping (Chinese, 1633–1690)
likely 18th century
Vase decorated with auspicious animals
China
early 18th century
Gourd-shaped vase with gourds on vines and bats
China
early 18th century
Vase decorated with bats and peaches amid scrolling floral vines and “double happiness” character
China
Vase decorated with bats and peaches amid scrolling floral vines
China
Woman’s ceremonial robe
China
first half 18th century
Vase decorated with floral medallions
China
mid-18th century
Welcoming spring
Unidentified artist Chinese, 14th–15th century
15th century
Autumn landscape with egrets and ducks
Lü Ji (Chinese, active late 15th century)
late 15th century
Three fish
China
18th century
Portrait of a man in court robes with fur surcoat
Unidentified artist (Chinese, late 18th–19th century)
late 18th–early 19th century
Nine carp
Gong Gu (Chinese, active 19th century) ?
19th century (?)
Table screen, converted to a wall panel
inscribed and signed by Ruan Yuan (Chinese, 1764–1849)
19th century
Painting table
China
late 16th–early 17th century
Yokeback armchair
China
17th century
Bird on a flowering branch
Zhang Chong (Chinese, active ca. 1570–1610)
late 16th or early 17th century
Peony
Wang Wu (Chinese, 1632–1690)
late 17th century
Rain on Laurel Blossoms
Xu Lin (Chinese, 1462–1548)
Carnations and amaranthus
Yun Shouping (Chinese, 1633–1690)
Branch of blossoming plum
Xu Zonghao (Chinese, 1880–1957)
dated 1945
The Five Nobilities
Yu Feian (Chinese, 1888–1959)
mid-20th century
Hawk, pine, plum, and rock
Zhu Cheng (Chinese, 1826–1900)
dated 1873
Eagle on a pine tree
Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864–1957)
mid-20th century
Myriad Green Mountains
Wu Zuoren (Chinese, 1908–1997)
dated 1982
Eagle
Gao Yong (Chinese, 1850–1921)
Hawk with notes
Xie Zhiliu (Chinese, 1910–1997)
20th century
Dew-Moistened Pearls
Wu Changshuo (Chinese, 1844–1927)
dated 1922
Cultivating Longevity
Chen Hengke (Chinese, 1876–1923)
likely 1923
Rock and tree
Chen Hengke (Chinese, 1876–1923)
undated
Pine
Chen Banding (Chinese, 1876–1966)
dated 1923
Plum blossoms
Chen Banding (Chinese, 1876–1966)
1927
Shrimp
Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864–1957)
dated 1927
Five crabs
Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864–1957)
dated 1950
Flowering Calamus and Frogs
Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864–1957)
1950
Vase decorated with katydids
China
1910s–20s
Vase decorated with katydids
China
1910s–20s
Nandina
Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864–1957)
undated
Lotus
Zhang Daqian (Chinese, 1899–1983)
dated 1946
Lotus
Zhang Daqian (Chinese, 1899–1983)
dated 1965
Lotus
Zhang Daqian (Chinese, 1899–1983)
ca. 1980
Lotus
Shi Lu (Chinese, 1919–1982)
undated