EditorialGourd-Shaped Bottle, Qing dynasty, late Kangxi (1662?1722)?Yongzheng (1723?35) period, early 18th century, China, Porcelain with blue glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Ceramics, Carried by Daoist Immortals, the calabash gourd that inspir...
Editorial? ?? ??? ?, Bamboo and rock, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), ca. 1360?67, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 53 3/16 x 16 5/8 in. (135.1 x 42.2 cm), Paintings, Deng Yu (Chinese, ca. 1300?after 1378), Deng Yu, a leading late Yuan literary Daoist, joi...
EditorialFunerary jar with dragon, Southern Song dynasty (1127?1279), 12th?13th century, China, Porcelain with carved and appliqu?d decoration under celadon glaze, H. with cover: 10 in. (25.4 cm), Ceramics, Several vessels like this one have been excavated from...
EditorialGourd-Shaped Bottle, Qing dynasty, late Kangxi (1662?1722)?Yongzheng (1723?35) period, early 18th century, China, Porcelain with blue glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Ceramics, Carried by Daoist Immortals, the calabash gourd that inspir...
EditorialPoem on a Hermitage, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 49 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (126.4 x 27.3 cm), Calligraphy, Tu Long (Chinese, 1542?1605), Tu Long is best known as a poet and a dramatist. Forced out of government offic...
EditorialPorcelain bowl with image of Xiwangmu, Chinese, Ming dynasty, c1401-c1424. The scene on this bowl of the Yongle period shows Xiwangmu as she is usually portrayed in paintings, a beautiful woman in her garden, with her two maids, one holding a large fan...