Calligraphy, Painting & Rubbings · TT403

Figure Painting

Figures, narrative scenes and court ladies

88treasures

7dynasties

8institutions

Tang

6 treasures

618–907

Tang dynasty · Figure PaintingThirteen EmperorsA gallery of thirteen emperorsMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonTE10288Tang dynasty · Figure PaintingZhou Fang, Court Ladies Waving FansLoneliness behind silk and fansPalace MuseumTE10290Late Tang · Figure PaintingPalace ConcertA tea party in the Tang inner palaceNational Palace MuseumTE10291Tang dynasty · Figure PaintingYan Liben (attributed), Tribute BearersA long line of envoys from afarNational Palace MuseumTE10292Tang dynasty · Figure PaintingSun Wei, The Lofty ReclusesFour of the Seven SagesShanghai MuseumTE10295Tang dynasty · Figure PaintingA Palace ConcertA Tang palace party of tea, wine and musicNational Palace MuseumTE10331

Ten Kingdoms

7 treasures

907–979

Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingGu Hongzhong, The Night Revels of Han XizaiA night party seen through a court painter's eyesPalace MuseumTE10032Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingJuran (attributed), Xiao Yi Seizing the Orchid Pavilion PrefaceJuran's southern landscapeNational Palace MuseumTE10274Five Dynasties · Figure PaintingZhao Yan, Eight Riders in SpringEight riders on a spring outingNational Palace MuseumTE10275Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingWei Xian, The Lofty ScholarRaising the tray to the eyebrows in a mountain retreatPalace MuseumTE10287Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingZhou Wenju, Double Screen Weiqi GameA screen within a screenPalace MuseumTE10289Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingWang Qihan, Collating TextsA scholar at ease before a painted screenNanjing UniversityTE10350Five Dynasties · Figure PaintingHu Gui, Khitan Riders at RestA steppe feast after the huntPalace MuseumTE10352

Song

48 treasures

960–1279

Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSong Copy of Yan Liben's Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibetan EnvoyAn audience before Princess Wencheng went to TibetPalace MuseumTE10031Southern Song or later · Figure PaintingBeauties on an OutingDu Fu's beauties ride outNational Palace MuseumTE10273Southern Song, reign of Lizong, from about 1230 · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of FuxiFuxi with the eight trigrams at his feetNational Palace MuseumTE10276Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingBanquet by Lantern LightA Southern Song court party by lamplightNational Palace MuseumTE10286Song dynasty · Figure PaintingYan Liben (attributed), Xiao Yi Seizing the Orchid Pavilion PrefaceA deception over teaNational Palace MuseumTE10293Southern Song, reign of Lizong, from about 1230 · Figure PaintingStanding Portrait of Yu the GreatA towering image of the flood-taming kingNational Palace MuseumTE10294Song dynasty · Figure PaintingAnonymous Song, Children Playing in WinterChildren teasing a cat in a winter gardenNational Palace MuseumTE10296Southern Song · Figure PaintingAnonymous Song, Declining a SeatFrank advice over a seatNational Palace MuseumTE10297Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingAnonymous Song, Breaking the BalustradeThe railing that brokeNational Palace MuseumTE10298Southern Song · Figure PaintingAnonymous Song, Thousand-armed AvalokitesvaraA thousand hands and eyes for all beingsNational Palace MuseumTE10299Northern Song (early) · Figure PaintingAnonymous Song, Buddha Preaching the DharmaA preaching Buddha from Huizong's collectionNational Palace MuseumTE10300Northern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of the Empress of Emperor Renzong of SongA Northern Song empress in her phoenix crownNational Palace MuseumTE10301Northern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of Emperor Renzong of SongThe longest-reigning Northern Song emperorNational Palace MuseumTE10302Song dynasty · Figure PaintingAlbum of Half-length Portraits of Song EmpressesTwelve Song empressesNational Palace MuseumTE10303Song dynasty · Figure PaintingAlbum of Half-length Portraits of Song EmperorsSixteen Song emperors face to faceNational Palace MuseumTE10304Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of the Empress of Emperor Guangzong of SongThe empress of GuangzongNational Palace MuseumTE10305Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of Emperor Guangzong of SongThe likeness of Emperor GuangzongNational Palace MuseumTE10306Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingLiu Songnian, Arhat, Gu-hua 000099An Indian monk lost in thought beneath a treeNational Palace MuseumTE10307Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingLiu Songnian, Arhat, Gu-hua 000100A question on the sutra before a screenNational Palace MuseumTE10308Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingLiu Songnian, Arhat, Gu-hua 000101A foreign king brings treasure to an arhatNational Palace MuseumTE10309Northern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of Emperor Zhezong of SongZhezong, the boy emperorNational Palace MuseumTE10310Northern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of Emperor Taizu of SongThe founder of the Song in his yellow robeNational Palace MuseumTE10311Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of the Empress of Emperor Ningzong of SongNingzong's Empress YangNational Palace MuseumTE10312Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of Emperor Ningzong of SongNingzong and his dragon faceNational Palace MuseumTE10313Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of the Empress of Emperor Xuanzu of SongThe mother of the Song founderNational Palace MuseumTE10314Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of Emperor Xuanzu of SongThe founder's father, made emperor after deathNational Palace MuseumTE10315Northern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingEmperor Huizong of Song, Literary GatheringA literary gathering from Huizong's academyNational Palace MuseumTE10316Dali Kingdom under Duan Zhixing, c. 1172-1180 · Figure PaintingZhang Shengwen, Long Roll of Buddhist ImagesThe only surviving painting from the Dali KingdomNational Palace MuseumTE10317Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingLi Tang, Village Doctor (Moxibustion)A patient grimacing under the doctor's careNational Palace MuseumTE10318Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingMou Yi, Pounding ClothAutumn longing in a scroll of women preparing winter clothesNational Palace MuseumTE10319Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of Emperor Lizong of SongThe likeness of the longest-reigning Southern Song emperorNational Palace MuseumTE10320Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSu Hanchen, Children Playing in an Autumn CourtyardTwo children lost in play in an autumn gardenNational Palace MuseumTE10321Northern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of Emperor Yingzong of SongA court likeness of Emperor YingzongNational Palace MuseumTE10322Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingChen Juzhong, Lady Wenji Returning to HanCai Wenji's farewell on the steppeNational Palace MuseumTE10323Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingMa Lin, Listening to the Wind in the PinesA recluse listening to the wind in the pinesNational Palace MuseumTE10325Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingEmperor Gaozong of Song, Classic of Filial Piety for Women, with Illustrations by Ma Hezhi (First Scroll)A Song court picture book of women's virtueNational Palace MuseumTE10326Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of the Empress of Emperor Gaozong of SongThe court likeness of Gaozong's empressNational Palace MuseumTE10327Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of Emperor Gaozong of SongThe emperor who rebuilt the Song painting academyNational Palace MuseumTE10328Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingEmperor Gaozong of Song, Waking from a Nap by the Window (Album, leaf 1)An emperor's lyric for a carefree fishermanNational Palace MuseumTE10329Southern Song or later · Figure PaintingLi Gonglin (attributed), Beauties on an OutingDu Fu's beauties ride out in springNational Palace MuseumTE10330Late Northern Song · Figure PaintingAnonymous, Figures (Album of Paintings of Successive Dynasties)A scholar and his portrait on the screenNational Palace MuseumTE10332Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingLi [?], Burning Incense to Pray for the Emperor (Album, leaf 3)Incense rising in prayer for the sovereignNational Palace MuseumTE10347Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingLiang Kai, Immortal in Splashed Ink (Album, leaf 2)A drunken immortal in a few splashes of inkNational Palace MuseumTE10348Song dynasty (copy) · Figure PaintingNymph of the Luo RiverA god and a poet meet and part by the Luo RiverPalace MuseumTE10349Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingMa Hezhi, Illustration to the Later Ode on the Red CliffSu Shi's night outing at the Red CliffPalace MuseumTE10355Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingMa Lin, Lighting a Candle for a Night OutingCandles lit to keep the flowers awakeNational Palace MuseumTE10356Song dynasty · Landscape PaintingEmperor Minghuang's Journey to ShuThe Tang emperor's flight along the Shu roadsNational Palace MuseumTE10380Southern Song dynasty · Genre & Ruled-Line PaintingMa Yuan, Banquet by Lantern LightA palace banquet by lantern lightNational Palace MuseumTE10494

Yuan

9 treasures

1260–1368

Yuan dynasty · Figure PaintingAnonymous Yuan, Portrait of an Arhat (Right)The tiger-taming arhat and his companionsNational Palace MuseumTE10277Yuan dynasty · Figure PaintingAnonymous Yuan, Portrait of an Arhat (Left)The dragon-subduing arhat stares down a dragonNational Palace MuseumTE10278Yuan dynasty · Figure PaintingAlbum of Half-length Portraits of Yuan EmpressesYuan empresses in their tall headdressesNational Palace MuseumTE10279Yuan dynasty · Figure PaintingAlbum of Half-length Portraits of Yuan EmperorsThe faces of Chinggis and KublaiNational Palace MuseumTE10280Yuan, 1280 · Figure PaintingLiu Guandao, Kublai Khan HuntingKublai Khan on the steppeNational Palace MuseumTE10281Yuan dynasty · Figure PaintingWei Jiuding, The Goddess of the Luo RiverThe Luo goddess walking on the wavesNational Palace MuseumTE10282Yuan dynasty · Figure PaintingNi Zan Portrait with Inscription by Zhang YuNi Zan before one of his own landscapesNational Palace MuseumTE10283Yuan dynasty · Figure PaintingZhao Yong, Spring Outing on HorsebackA rider turns his head beneath the treesNational Palace MuseumTE10284Yuan to Ming dynasty · Figure PaintingMa Lin (attributed), Three Officials on InspectionThree Daoist gods of heaven, earth and water on paradeNational Palace MuseumTE10324

Ming

14 treasures

1368–1644

Ming dynasty · Figure PaintingThe Immortal of the Northern SeaAn immortal crossing the sea on a turtleNational Palace MuseumTE10285Ming dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of Emperor Renzong of MingThe Ming emperor who reigned less than a yearNational Palace MuseumTE10333Ming dynasty · Figure PaintingQiu Ying, Spring Morning in the Han PalaceA long spring day inside the Han palaceNational Palace MuseumTE10334Ming dynasty · Figure PaintingWu Wei, Immortal of the North SeaAn immortal rides a turtle across the seaNational Palace MuseumTE10335Ming dynasty, 1601 · Figure PaintingWu Bin, ArhatsAn arhat calls forth a dragon in late Ming fantasyNational Palace MuseumTE10336Ming dynasty, 1520 · Figure PaintingTang Yin, Gathering LotusGathering lotus on a misty summer dawnNational Palace MuseumTE10337Ming dynasty · Figure PaintingTang Yin, Tao Gu Presenting a PoemThe envoy undone by his own love songNational Palace MuseumTE10338Ming dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of Emperor Xuanzong of MingThe painter-emperor of the Xuande reignNational Palace MuseumTE10339Ming dynasty · Figure PaintingEquestrian Portrait of Emperor Xuanzong of MingThe Xuande Emperor rides out with his falconNational Palace MuseumTE10340Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century · Figure PaintingDai Jin, Spring RevelryA springtime drinking party under the pinesNational Palace MuseumTE10341Ming dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of the Hongwu Emperor of MingThe founder of the Ming on his throneNational Palace MuseumTE10342Ming dynasty · Figure PaintingDu Jin, Enjoying AntiquitiesA Ming gathering to admire antiquesNational Palace MuseumTE10343Ming dynasty · Figure PaintingSeated Portrait of Emperor Yingzong of MingThe Ming emperor who reigned twiceNational Palace MuseumTE10344Ming dynasty, 1635 · Figure PaintingChen Hongshou, Lofty Pine and Immortal LongevityChen Hongshou paints himself beneath a pineNational Palace MuseumTE10345