Memorial on Going into Battle (Chushi biao) by Zhuge Liang (181–234). Originally transcribed by Yue Fei (1103-1142, Southern Song dynasty) in 1138, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Handscroll; rubbing, ink on paper. Title: 662.94 x 1303.02 cm; Image: 55.25...

Xiang Shengmo (China, Zhejiang Province, 1592-1658), Beckoning of Solitude (Zhaoyin tu), Ming dynasty, dated 1626. Handscroll, ink on paper. Image: 1320.8 cm x 26.7 cm; Mount: 1605.9 cm x 29.5 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Fund...

Lot 8105. You Qiu (ca 1525-1580), Garden Wayfaring in Spring. Handscroll, ink on paper, 32.5 x 275.5 cm. (12 ¾ x 108 ½ in.) Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist. Dated spring, fifteenth day, second month, jimao year of the Wanli period (1579)....

Guwan tu ‘Pictures of Ancient Playthings’, Scene 1. Ink and colours on paper, Height: 62.5 centimetres (?), Length: 20 metres (approx). Anonymous artists of the Qing imperial painting academy, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period, dated equivalent to AD 1728....

Advanced-Scholar Chung K'uei Moving, Kung K'ai, Sung dynasty, Handscroll. T he National Palace Museum, Taiwan Kung K'ai (1222-1307), a native of Huai-yin in Kiangsu , was particularly fond of painting demons and the demon-queller Chung K'uei in a most...

Monkey and Cats, Yüan-chi, Sung dynasty, Handscroll. T he National Palace Museum, Taiwan. This work was done by the Northern Sung artist specializing in painting monkeys, I Yüan-chi, who has fully expressed the interactive spirit between the animals portrayed...

Mount Emei under Heavy Snow. Formerly attributed to Guo Xi (ca. 1001-ca. 1090) China, Ming-Qing period, mid 17th century. Hanging scroll mounted on panel; ink and color on silk F1915.20 WASHINGTON, DC.- "Seasons," a series of five exhibitions at the Smithsonian's...

Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-Chien, 1899-1983), Emperor enjoying a breeze. photo courtesy Sotheby"s ink and colour on silk, handscroll, with numerous seals, including seven collector's seals of Cheng Qi and four collector's seals of Chai Sian Kwan; painting:...