Editorial?, ???, ??, ??, Cicada, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1852, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, 7 1/8 x 20 3/8 in. (18.1 x 51.8 cm), Paintings, Wu Xizai (Chinese, 1799?1870), Wu paints the cicada clinging to an a...
Editorial? ?? ??????? ?, Ten Sites Associated with Ruan Yuan, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1883, China, Album of ten paintings; ink and color on paper, Image (each): 11 ? 13 1/4 in. (27.9 ? 33.7 cm), Paintings, Wang Jun (Chinese, 1816?after 1883), During the...
Editorial? ?? ??????? ?, Ten Sites Associated with Ruan Yuan, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1883, China, Album of ten paintings; ink and color on paper, Image (each): 11 ? 13 1/4 in. (27.9 ? 33.7 cm), Paintings, Wang Jun (Chinese, 1816?after 1883), During the...
Editorial?, ???, ?????, ?, Landscapes and Flowers, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1745, China, Album of eight paintings; ink and color on paper, Image: 8 x 9 7/8 in. (20.3 x 25.1 cm), Paintings, Wang Shishen (Chinese, 1686?1759), A native of Shexian, Anhui Pro...
Editorial?, ??, ???, ?, Cat and Butterfly, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 19th century, China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, 52 1/2 x 25 3/4 in. (133.4 x 65.4 cm), Paintings, Xu Gu (Chinese, 1823?1896), Zhu Xubai joined the Imperial Army in 1851, but findi...
Editorial?, ??, ????, ?, The Palace of Nine Perfections, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1691, China, Set of twelve hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk, Image: 81 1/2 x 18 ft. 5 3/4 in. (207 cm, x 563.2 cm), Paintings, Yuan Jiang (active ca.1680?ca.1730), Yu...
Editorial?, ??, ??, ??, Bird, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold-flecked, paper, 7 x 20 7/8 in. (17.8 x 53 cm), Paintings, Zh? Chao (Chinese, ca. 1823?1889), Z? Chao's inscription on this decorative fan ...
Editorial? ?? ??????? ?, Ten Sites Associated with Ruan Yuan, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1883, China, Album of ten paintings; ink and color on paper, Image (each): 11 ? 13 1/4 in. (27.9 ? 33.7 cm), Paintings, Wang Jun (Chinese, 1816?after 1883), During the...
Editorial? ??, ???, ??, Sailing in Autumn, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1893, China, Album leaf; ink and color on paper, 14 1/8 x 35 7/8 in. (35.9 x 91.1 cm), Paintings, Xu Gu (Chinese, 1823?1896), Zhu Xubai joined the imperial army in 1851, but, finding tha...
Editorial?, ???, ??, ??, Cicada, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1852, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, 7 1/8 x 20 3/8 in. (18.1 x 51.8 cm), Paintings, Wu Xizai (Chinese, 1799?1870), Wu paints the cicada clinging to an a...
Editorial? ?? ??? ?, Plum Blossoms, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1757, China, Album of twelve leaves; ink on paper, Image: 10 x 11 3/4 in. (25.4 x 29.8 cm), Paintings, Jin Nong (Chinese, 1687?1773), Jin Nong started painting plum blossoms in 1756 at the age ...
Editorial? ??? ?? ????, Landscapes, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1814, China, Album of eight leaves; ink on paper, 9 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (24.8 x 29.5 cm), Paintings, Yi Bingshou (Chinese, 1754?1815), After earning his jinshi degree in the civil-service examinat...
Editorial?, ???, ?????, ?, Landscapes and Flowers, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1745, China, Album of eight paintings; ink and color on paper, Image: 8 x 9 7/8 in. (20.3 x 25.1 cm), Paintings, Wang Shishen (Chinese, 1686?1759), A native of Shexian, Anhui Pro...