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Timeline of art history-China |
Summer Mountains, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th century
Attributed to Qu Ding (Chinese, active ca. 1023–ca. 1056)
Handscroll; ink and pale color on silk; 17 7/8 x 45 3/8 in. (45.4 x 115.3 cm) 
Ewer, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th–12th century; Yaozhou ware
China
Stoneware with incised, carved, and relief decoration under glaze; H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) 
Scholar by a Waterfall, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), late 12th–early 13th centuryMa Yuan (Chinese, active ca. 1190–1225)Album leaf: ink and color on silk; 9 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (25.1 x 26 cm) 
Belt slide, Jin–Yuan dynasty, 12th–14th century
China
Jade (Nephrite); H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm) 
Twin Pines, Level Distance, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), ca. 1300
Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 1254–1322)
Handscroll: ink on paper; 10 1/2 x 42 1/4 in. (26.7 x 107.3 cm)
Inscribed by the artist 
Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
Zhao Cangyun (Chinese, active late 13th–early 14th century)
Handscroll: ink on paper; 8 1/2 in. x 18 ft. 6 1/4 in. (.22 x 5.64 m) 
Yamantaka Mandala with imperial portraits, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), 1330–1332
China
Silk tapestry (kesi); 96 5/8 x 82 1/4 in. (245.4 x 208.9 cm) 
Seven-lobed platter with scene of children at play, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), 14th century
China
Carved red lacquer; Diam. 21 7/8 in. (55.6 cm) 
Plate, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), mid-14th century
China
Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; Diam. 18 in. (45.7 cm) 
Bamboo in the Wind
by Wu Zhen (1280–1354)
China, Yuan dynasty, 1350
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
109.0 x 32.6 cm (43 x 13 in.) 
This exhibition showcases the remarkably rich variety of glossy black-glazed wares and brilliant white porcelain, as well as eye-catching combinations of both colors on single vessels, created during the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1279–1368) dynasties. These beautiful objects—produced as the result of important developments in Chinese ceramic technology—elicited lyrical commentary by contemporary users, who compared the streaked dark glazes to "hare's fur" and likened the bluish-white "qingbai" ware to "icy jade." |
