Drawing of a man, sitting in the middle of the forest with a woman watching from behind.
Exhibition

Vision and Verse: The Poetry of Chinese Painting

February 3–June 16, 2024
Previously on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Galleries 210–216
Free with Museum admission
Odes of the State of Bin

, Ma Hezhi , and Assistants Chinese, Handscroll; ink, color, gold and silver on silk, China
Ma Hezhi
Emperor Gaozong
mid-12th century
Courtly Odes, Beginning with "Wild Geese"


, Ma Hezhi and Assistants Chinese, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Ma Hezhi
mid-12th century
Odes of the State of Bin: The Seventh Month, Fei Qinghu (Fei Zhaoyang)  Chinese, Album of twenty leaves; ink and color on silk, China
Fei Qinghu (Fei Zhaoyang)
late 18th–early 19th century
The Scholar Fu Sheng Transmitting the Book of Documents, Du Jin  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, China
Du Jin
15th–mid-16th century
Scholar-recluse in blue-green landscape, Chen Hongshou  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, China
Chen Hongshou
1633
Landscapes, Figures, and Flowers, Chen Hongshou  Chinese, Album of twelve leaves; ink and color on paper, China
Chen Hongshou
dated 1618–22
Nine Songs, Zhao Mengfu  Chinese, Album of eleven leaves; ink on paper, China
Zhao Mengfu
14th–15th century
Poet strolling by a marshy bank, Liang Kai  Chinese, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk, China
Liang Kai
early 13th century
Nine Songs, Unidentified artist Chinese, 15th–16th century, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Unidentified artist
15th–16th century
Qu Yuan and the Fisherman, Shen Hao  Chinese, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold paper, China
Shen Hao
mid-17th century
Vase with Daoist immortals, flower sprays, and dragons, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under a transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
mid-17th century
Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion, Qian Gu  Chinese, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, China
Qian Gu
1560
Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion, Unidentified artist , 16th century, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, China
Unidentified artist
Li Gonglin
16th century
Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion, Qian Gong  Chinese, Handscroll; ink on figured damask, China
Qian Gong
dated 1607
Portrait of a gentleman gathering chrysanthemums, Hua Guan  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, China
Hua Guan
dated 1791
Tao Yuanming, Fu Baoshi  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, China
Fu Baoshi
1957
Planting Chrysanthemums, Lu Zhi  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, China
Lu Zhi
16th century
Tao Yuanming enjoying chrysanthemums, Du Jin  Chinese, Hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper, China
Du Jin
late 15th or early 16th century
Vase decorated with flowers, birds, and poems, Porcelain with powder blue glaze and gilding (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
dated 1709
Chrysanthemums by a rock, Gao Fenghan  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, China
Gao Fenghan
18th century
Peach Blossom Spring, Zhang Hong  Chinese, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, China
Zhang Hong
dated 1638
White Lotus Society, Unidentified artist , 15th century, Handscroll; ink on paper, China
Unidentified artist
Li Gonglin
15th century
Brush holder with Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
, Jade (nephrite), China
China
18th–19th century
Song of the Lute, Ding Yunpeng  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, China
Ding Yunpeng
1585
Landscape after a poem by Wang Wei, Tang Di  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, China
Tang Di
1323
Landscape, Zhang Ruitu  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on satin, China
Zhang Ruitu
early 17th century
Brush pot with decoration of landscape and poem by Du Fu (712–770), Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
ca. 1670
Azure Cliff with Red Maples, Wu Bin  Chinese, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper, China
Wu Bin
dated 1603
Recluse washing his feet in a stream, Chen Guan  Chinese, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper, China
Chen Guan
dated 1629
Bowl with Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue underglaze and green enamels over yellow ground (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
Travelers in a Wintry Forest, Unidentified artist Chinese, active early 12th century, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, China
Unidentified artist
Li Cheng
early 12th century
Chan master riding a mule, Unidentified artist Chinese, active mid-13th century, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China
Unidentified artist
before 1249
Bodhidharma crossing the Yangzi River on a reed, Li Yaofu  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China
Li Yaofu
before 1317
Reading a sutra by moonlight, Unidentified artist , early 14th century, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China
Unidentified artist
ca. 1332
Mending clothes by daylight, Unidentified artist, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China
Unidentified artist
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), Cai Chonghuan  Chinese, Two volumes of woodblock-printed books; ink on paper, China
Cai Chonghuan
dated 1621, first edition
Wangchuan Villa, Unidentified artist , 16th century, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Unidentified artist
Guo Zhongshu
16th–17th century
Scholars of the Liuli Hall, Unidentified artist Chinese, late 13th century, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Unidentified artist
late 13th century
Remote Valleys, Sounds of Waterfalls, Deep Forests, Liu Yu  Chinese, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, China
Liu Yu
dated 1678
Landscapes after Tang-dynasty poems, Sheng Maoye, Album of six paintings; ink and color on silk, China
Sheng Maoye
mid-17th century
Landscapes and poems, Dong Qichang  Chinese, Album of eight double leaves; ink, gold, and color on gold-flecked paper and ink on satin, China
Dong Qichang
early 17th century
Landscapes in the styles of old masters, Wang Jian  Chinese, Album of ten leaves; ink and color on paper, China
Wang Jian
Wang Shimin
dated 1668
Landscapes, Zhang Feng  Chinese, Album of twelve leaves; ink and color on paper, China
Zhang Feng
dated 1644
Dish with poem “The Pavilion of the Prince of Teng” by Du Fu (712–770), Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
ca. 1650–60
Pair of inscribed tea caddies, Shen Cunzhou  Chinese, Pewter, China
Shen Cunzhou
17th century
Vase, Shisou  Chinese, Bronze, China
Shisou
17th–18th century
Couplet from Song Zhiwen’s poem “Ascending the Pavilion at the Monastery of Meditative Concentration”, Mi Wanzhong  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China
Mi Wanzhong
late 16th or early 17th century
Transcription of Three of Cao Tang’s “Smaller Wandering Immortal Poems”, Da Chongguang  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on satin, China
Da Chongguang
1686
Square-form vase with decoration of Su Shi’s first and second “Rhapsody on Red Cliff”, Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
Pair of table screens with flowers, birds, and poems, Ivory, China
China
17th century
Illustration of Su Shi’s “Second Rhapsody on Red Cliff”, Zhang Ruitu  Chinese, Handscroll; ink on satin, China
Zhang Ruitu
dated 1628
Eight Songs of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, Unidentified artist , 16th or 17th century, Album of eight leaves; ink on paper, China
Unidentified artist
Wen Zhengming
16th or 17th century
Illustration of Su Shi’s “Second Rhapsody on Red Cliff”, Unidentified artist , late 14th–early 15th century, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, China
Multiple artists/makers
late 14th–early 15th century
Xu Bangda
dated 1941
Anchorage on a rainy night, Shen Zhou  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China
Shen Zhou
dated 1477
Drunk in Autumn Woods, Shitao (Zhu Ruoji)  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, China
Shitao (Zhu Ruoji)
ca. 1702
Boating beneath Echo Hill, Mei Qing  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China
Mei Qing
datable to 1673
Wintry mountains, Gong Xian  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China
Gong Xian
ca. 1679–89
Bamboo, old tree, and rock, Wu Zhen  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, China
Wu Zhen
dated 1338
China
17th–18th century
Enjoying the Wilderness in an Autumn Grove, Ni Zan  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China
Ni Zan
dated 1339
Scholar's rock, Black Lingbi limestone; wood stand, China
China
Spring Dawn over the Elixir Terrace, Lu Guang, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China
Lu Guang
ca. 1369
Landscapes and calligraphy, Gao Fenghan  Chinese, Album of six paintings; ink and color on paper, China
Gao Fenghan
dated 1736
Bamboo, plum, and rock, Li Fangying  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, China
Li Fangying
dated 1743
Vase with landscape, Porcelain painted in overglaze black and red enamels (Jingdezhen ware), China
China
early 18th century
Ink bamboo, Li Shan  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, China
Li Shan
dated 1749
Brewing Tea, Wu Changshuo  Chinese, Handscroll; ink on paper, China
Wu Changshuo
dated 1918
Orchids and bamboo, Zheng Xie  Chinese, Handscroll; ink on paper, China
Zheng Xie
dated 1742