Image: Narrative Figures in the Art and Aesthetics of Form  Selections from the History of Chinese Painting

Title Artist Period Note
Returning Home Lu Tanwei (420-479), attributed to Six Dynasties period (Song)
Traveling Through Spring Mountains Li Zhaodao (ca. 713-741), attributed to Tang dynasty
Collating Texts Huang Quan (ca. 903-965), attributed to Five Dynasties period (Latter Shu)
Bian Zhuangzi Stabs a Tiger Anonymous Song dynasty (960-1279)
Laozi Riding a Blue Ox Anonymous Song dynasty (960-1279)
Bodhidharma Anonymous, attributed as Song dynasty (960-1279)
Guanyin with a Fish Basket Anonymous, attributed as Song dynasty (960-1279)
Training a Crane and Picking Flowers of Immortality Anonymous, attributed as Song dynasty (960-1279)
Maonü Li Gonglin (ca. 1049-1106), attributed to Song dynasty
Auspicious Omens Li Song (1170-1255), attributed to Song dynasty
A Drunken Monk Liu Songnian (late 12th c.-early 13th c.), attributed to Song dynasty
Literary Gathering in the Western Garden Liu Songnian (late 12th c.-early 13th c.), attributed to Song dynasty
Portrait of the Immortal Magu Ma Hezhi (fl. ca. 1140-1190), attributed to Song dynasty
Concubine Ming Passing the Border Anonymous, attributed as Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Crossing on a Reed Anonymous, attributed as Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Liu Haichan Wu Wei (1459-1508), attributed to Ming dynasty
Guanyin Bodhisattva's "Universal Gate" Chapter Anonymous Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
The White Horse Carrying Sutras Ding Yunpeng (1547-after 1628) Ming dynasty
Bowing to the Rock Shi Yuze (fl. 17th c.) Ming dynasty
Han Xizai's Night Revels Tang Yin (1470-1523) Ming dynasty
Vimalakirti Expounding Buddhist Teaching Tang Yin (1470-1523), attributed to Ming dynasty
Pavilion of the Old Drunk in Painting and Calligraphy Xie Shichen (1488-after 1567) Ming dynasty
The Great (Guanyin) Xing Cijing (latter half of 16th c.-early 17th c.) Ming dynasty
Imitating Wang Meng's Ge Hong Moving His Residence Zheng Zhong (fl. early 17th c.) Ming dynasty
Searching for Verse on the Ba Bridge Dong Bangda (1699-1769) Qing dynasty
The Great (Guanyin) Feng Yi (fl. 18th c.) Qing dynasty
Zhong Kui on the Double Fifth Hua Yan (1682-1756) Qing dynasty
Dongfang Shuo Carrying Peaches Lü Xue (fl. latter half of 17th c.) Qing dynasty Donated by Lin Zongyi
Imitating "Yu the Great Controlling Waters" by a Tang Artist Xie Sui (fl. 18th c.) Qing dynasty Entrusted from Lanqian shanguan
Zheng Yuanhe Zhu Henian (1760-1834) Qing dynasty Entrusted from Lanqian shanguan
Album on Journey to the West Pu Ru (1896-1963) Republican period Entrusted from the Cold Jade Hall