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centuriespast: “Unknown Chinese (19th century) Erotic image with man holding a woman’s red cloak 19th century Painting watercolor on silk Amherst College ”

centuriespast:

Unknown
Chinese (19th century)
Erotic image with man holding a woman’s red cloak
19th century
Painting
watercolor on silk

Amherst College

centuriespast: “ Unknown Chinese Guanyin (Avalokitesvara) Song Dynasty (960-1279) or Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) Sculpture Wood, gesso, paint, and gilding Collections Database Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium ”

centuriespast:

Unknown
Chinese
Guanyin (Avalokitesvara)
Song Dynasty (960-1279) or Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
Sculpture
Wood, gesso, paint, and gilding

Collections Database

Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium

centuriespast: “ Anonymous, Chinese Six Dynasties Grey Pottery Earth Spirit, 500-599 Colby College Museum of Art ”

centuriespast:

Anonymous, Chinese 
Six Dynasties Grey Pottery Earth Spirit, 500-599

Colby College Museum of Art

mediumaevum: “ Traveling on the River in Snow An early Song Dynasty (960–1279) painting on silk of two Chinese cargo ships accompanied by a smaller boat, by Guo Zhongshu (c.910–977 AD); notice the large stern-mounted rudder on the ship shown in the...

mediumaevum:

 Traveling on the River in Snow

An early Song Dynasty (960–1279) painting on silk of two Chinese cargo ships accompanied by a smaller boat, by Guo Zhongshu (c.910–977 AD); notice the large stern-mounted rudder on the ship shown in the foreground.

 The text in the upper left was written by Song Huizong, the 8th emperor of the Song Dynasty.

centuriespast: “ Muxi, Arhat Meditating and Threatening Snake, Southern Song dynasty, (106.1 x 52.4 cm), The Seikado Bunko Art Museum, Tokyo ”

centuriespast:

Muxi, Arhat Meditating and Threatening Snake, Southern Song dynasty, (106.1 x 52.4 cm), The Seikado Bunko Art Museum, Tokyo

Dà Jiāng Dōng Qù 大江東去 - theme of Red Cliff (2008-2009), erhu cover

disturbthebookmites: “ Wang Xizhi Watching Geese, ca. 1295, China, handscroll; ink, color, gold on paper. ”

disturbthebookmites:

Wang Xizhi Watching Geese, ca. 1295, China, handscroll; ink, color, gold on paper.

(Source: disturbthebookmites-blog, via chineseart)

centuriespast: “ Goddess of Lightning, from Homage to the First Principle, Wall Paintings of Sanqingdian Hall, Yonglegong Temple, Dated 1325, Ruicheng, Shanxi ”

centuriespast:

Goddess of Lightning, from Homage to the First Principle, Wall Paintings of Sanqingdian Hall, Yonglegong Temple, Dated 1325, Ruicheng, Shanxi

fuckyeahhanfu:

Recreation of 《搗練圖》.

(via fuckyeahhanfu)