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Painting at the Southern Song court (1127-1279)

Emperor Gaozong (1107-1187):

Poem, gold ink on silk, fan excavated from late 14th c. tomb in Shandong. Mounted on the back of the painting, Autumn Mallows and Butterfly, ink and color on silk.

Anonymous, Flowers and Butterfly, fan (now mounted as a hanging scroll), ink and color on silk. N. Cahill collection [on exhibition in Masterworks of Chinese Painting, #46]

Li Tang (d. after 1130):

Marquis Wen of Jin Recovering His State, handscroll, ink and color on silk, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Wind through the Pine Valleys (also called Wind in the Pines of 10,000 Valleys, 1124), hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, National Palace Museum, Taiwan. (3000 Years of Chinese Painting, pl. 119).

Myriad Trees on Strange Peaks [attributed], fan, ink and color on silk, National Palace Museum, Taiwan.

Ma Yuan (active ca. 1189-ca. 1225):

Banquet by Lantern Light, hanging scroll, ink and color on silk. National Palace Museum. (3000 Years of Chinese Painting, pl. 123).

Plum Tree and Ducks by a Stream, hanging scroll, ink and color on silk. University of California-Berkeley Art Museum. [on exhibition in Masterworks of Chinese Painting, #1 ]

Bare Willows and Distant Mountains, fan, ink on silk, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Ma Lin (active first half of 13th c.):

Sitting and Watching the Clouds Rise (1256), fan, ink on silk. Cleveland Museum of Art.

Sunset Landscape (also called River Landscape in Sunset Glow, 1254), square album leaf now mounted together with accompanying leaf of calligraphy by emperor Lizong in a hanging scroll, ink and color on silk. Nezu Museum, Tokyo. (3000 Years of Chinese Painting, pl. 124).

Xia Gui (active early 13th c.):

Boat in a Rainstorm, fan, ink on silk. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Twelve Landscape Views (also called 12 Views from Thatched Lodge), handscroll, ink on silk, Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City. (3000 Years of Chinese Painting, pl. 126).

Pure and Remote Views of Streams and Hills, handscroll, ink on paper, National Palace Museum, Taiwan. (3000 Years of Chinese Painting, pl. 125).


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