Editorial? ?? ???? ??, Letter, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Album leaf; ink on paper, 10 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (27 x 16.8 cm), Calligraphy, Jiao Hong (Chinese, 1541?1620), A native of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Jiao Hong was a prolific scholar, noted bibliophile,...
EditorialChinese flag, women's shoes and feet, men's shoe, Chinese writing characters and the Porcelain Pagoda at Nanking (Nanjing) built during the Ming dynasty. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreue...
EditorialChickadee of the coast of Malabar and Tit of Nanquin, 1. Tit of the Malabar Coast, 2. Titanium from Nanjing, Signed: P. Sonnerat pinx, J.J. Avril sculp, Pl. 114, after p. 204 (vol. 2), Sonnerat, Pierre M. (pinx.); Avril, J. J. (sculp.), 1782, Sonnerat,...
EditorialNanjing woman. A volume of Chinese drawings representing Chinese. China, c. 1800. A Nanjing woman. Image taken from A volume of Chinese drawings representing Chinese men and women from various classes and trades. Originally published/produced in Chin...
Editorial? ?? ????? ?, Strolling in a Misty Valley, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1649, China, Hanging scroll; ink on satin, Image: 61 3/8 x 20 1/2 in. (155.9 x 52.1 cm), Paintings, Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623?1697), Mei Qing was born into a prominent family in X...
Editorial? ?? ????? ? ??, Wintry Mountains, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), datable ca. 1679?89, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 65 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (165.7 x 48.9 cm), Paintings, Gong Xian (Chinese, 1619?1689), Gong Xian, considered the greatest of the se...
Editorial? ?? ???? ??, Letter, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Album leaf; ink on paper, 10 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (27 x 16.8 cm), Calligraphy, Jiao Hong (Chinese, 1541?1620), A native of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Jiao Hong was a prolific scholar, noted bibliophile,...
Editorial? ???? ????? ?, Listening to the Zither Among Streams and Pines, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 55 1/2 x 28 in. (141 x 71.1 cm), Paintings, Xie Shichen (Chinese, 1487?ca. 1567), Xie Shichen was a versatil...
EditorialPoems by Famous Literati in Nanjing, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), 16th?17th century, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 38 9/16 x 10 3/16 in. (97.9 x 25.9 cm), Calligraphy, Liu Xiang (Chinese, active mid-17th century).
EditorialOctagonal nine-story porcelain tower in Nanjing (Nanking), China. Handcoloured illustration and copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli),...
EditorialChinese flag, women's shoes and feet, men's shoe, Chinese writing characters and the Porcelain Pagoda at Nanking (Nanjing) built during the Ming dynasty. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreue...