Stately mountains surrounded by flowing water—this is the essence of Chinese landscape painting, or “shan shui” (“mountain water”). Through its long development, the genre demonstrated the ancient ...

Probably Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining, 1688–1766) and other court painters, “Consort of the Qianlong emperor and the future Jiaqing emperor in his boyhood” (1760s), painting originally mounted ...

Frederich Hirth (1845-1927) is well known as a pioneer German Sinologist and historian. He is less well known as a scholar, connoisseur and collector of Chinese paintings. This interest blossomed in ...

The bird-and-flower paintings of ancient China shine a light on the breadth of traditional Chinese culture and philosophy. From the Song to the Qing dynasties, this genre of painting was a favorite ...

22.9 x 50.8 cm. (9 x 20 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

(ECNS) -- An exhibition featuring 94 calligraphy and painting works by Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) emperors and scholar-officials from the reigns of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong opened at the Guardian ...

A 18th-century imperial porcelain bowl, formerly part of the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection, has sold for $2.048 million at a Christie’s auction, significantly exceeding its initial pre-sale ...

Using a novel analysis technique, a Hangzhou-based science team in East China's Zhejiang province has discovered that the purple and green dyes used in two Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Chinese New Year ...

This season China Guardian (HK) is delighted to present three sales of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, offering more than 500 lots on 30 March. Following from the success of the important private ...

Frederich Hirth (1845-1927) is well known as a pioneer German Sinologist and historian. He is less well known as a scholar, connoisseur and collector of Chinese paintings. This interest blossomed in ...