acquisitions

This work with its very powerful composition is emblematic of the style of Oda Shitsuhitsu. This is a close-up view (taiga) of a cherry blossom trunk, with neither the top nor the [...]

The Longshan 龍山 culture developed on the lower then central course of the Yellow River from the middle of the third millennium BC. It was discovered in the 1930s. From [...]

Wen Zhengming is a major figure in the history of Chinese art. He lived in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). In accordance with the ideal of the scholars of his time, he was both the author [...]

The stoneware now designated by the name of Jun, robust pieces coated with a thick opaque bluish glaze, were only belatedly included in the "pantheon of Chinese ceramics", [...]

This large female funerary substitute (yong 俑) is distinguished by its elegant bearing. If we refer to ancient and medieval sources, the yong character was originally reserved for [...]

This painting was created to commemorate the banquet given by Emperor Qianlong in 1744, on the occasion of the architectural renovation of Hanlin Academy, one of the fundamental institutions [...]

This dish, made in a mold, is presented in a white and translucent shard of fine texture. It is coated with a transparent and shiny glaze of a cerulean blue, with the exception of the base. [...]

At his beginnings, in the 1980s, Lee Bae practiced a painting that was in line with American bad painting and a form of international neo-expressionism. It is to his [...]

If this openwork plate strikes by the schematic and powerful character of the animal in profile, mouth wide open, it is its rarity which makes it both interesting and complex [...]

The first anseriform objects do not seem to appear until the time of Jizhao 姬釗, King Kang 康 of Zhou (? – 996 BC). These are zun, ritual vessels intended to contain [...]