A MONUMENTAL WALL THANGKA OF MANJUSHRI, 19TH CENTURYTibet. Distemper on cloth. Manjushri is seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne, his right hand...

A THANGKA OF PALDEN LHAMO, 19TH CENTURYTibet or Mongolia. The vivid thangka depicts Tibet's protector, Palden Lhamo, riding her mule through a sea...

A THANGKA OF AVALOKITESHVARA SAHASRABHUJA, 18TH-19TH CENTURYTibet. Distemper and gold on cloth. Standing atop a cushion resting on lotus flowers r...

A RARE THANGKA OF LAKSHMIMongolia or Tibet, 18th-19th century. Distemper and gold on cloth. Seated in lalitasana atop a lotus base on a five-stepp...

A THANGKA OF TSONGKHAPA EMANATING FROM THE HEART OF MAITREYATibet, 18th-19th century. Distemper and gold on cloth. Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus...

A THANGKA OF TSONGKHAPA, 18TH-19TH CENTURYTibet. Seated in dhyanasana on a cushion raised on an elaborate throne supported by deities, his hands h...

A THANGKA DEPICTING AMITABHA BUDDHA, 18TH-19TH CENTURYTibet. Distemper on cloth. The red Adi Buddha seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne, wearin...

A THANGKA DEPICTING THE MANIFESTATION OF TSONGKHAPA, 18TH-19TH CENTURYTibet. Distemper on cloth. The preferred disciple Kedrup shown in the lower ...

A RARE THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRADHARA AND CONSORT WITHIN A REFUGE FIELD, 18TH CENTURYTibet. Gold and distemper on cloth. The Primordial Buddha embra...

A LARGE THANGKA DEPICTING AMITAYUS, 19TH CENTURYTibet. Distemper on cloth. Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne, holding the amrita vessel in bo...

THREE PRINCIPAL BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS', MING DYNASTYChina, 16th-17th century. Ink and watercolors on silk. Finely painted in bright colors with...

A SET OF FOUR THANGKAS DEPICTING MANIFESTATIONS OF PADMASAMBHAVA, 17TH-18TH CENTURYTibet. Distemper on cloth. Each depicting a different manifesta...

A THANGKA OF AMITABHA, GUGEWestern Tibet, 15th century. Distemper on cloth. Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne with base backed by a torana, t...

A THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRAKILA, 18TH-19TH CENTURYTibet or Bhutan. Distemper on cloth. The three-headed deity and consort striding in alidhasana on ...

A GREEN-GROUND SILK BROCADE 'DRAGON' PANEL, EARLY QING DYNASTYChina, late 17th century. Finely woven in silk, silver, and gold thread with a four-...

TWO ILLUMINATED SUTRA PAGES, 13TH-14TH CENTURYTibet. Opaque watercolor, silver, and black lacquer on parchment. Each folio with fine Tibetan calli...

A SILK SUTRA COVER BY FAN JI, MING DYNASTYChina, 15th-16th century. Finely woven with a repeated stylized peony motif, the top and bottom friezes ...

A VERY LARGE SILK BROCADE 'PHOENIX' HANGING, EARLY MING DYNASTYChina, 15th century. Finely woven with a central phoenix in flight below thick clou...

AN EMBROIDERED 'PHOENIX' SILK HANGING, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. Finely woven in silk and gold thread. The larger panel with two confronting p...

A KESI 'IMMORTALS' SILK PANEL, LATE MING DYNASTYChina, 16th-17th century. Finely woven with silk thread, depicting immortals, court attendants, an...

A RARE VELVET AND GOLD THREAD MEDITATION HANGING, MING DYNASTYChina, 1368-1644. Densely woven with Buddhist symbols and floral patterns in preciou...

AN EMBROIDERED SILK BUDDHIST ALTAR FRONTAL, QIANLONG PERIODChina, 1736-1795. Finely worked in multicolored satin stitch, Peking knot, and couched ...

A LARGE KESI 'PEACH FESTIVAL' PANEL, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. Embroidered in bright colors with a lively scene depicting the legendary fes...

AN APRICOT-GROUND SILK BROCADE 'DRAGON' HANGING, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th-19th century. Finely woven with silk and gold thread showing two sets of ...

A PAINTED AND EMBROIDERED 'PEACHES, CORAL AND LINGZHI' SILK PANEL, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. With gold brocade and kesi against finely woven a...

A PAIR OF SILK KESI 'DRAGON' CHAIR COVERS, LATE MING TO EARLY QINGChina, 17th century. Each finely woven on an orange-red kesi ground, with a fron...

A PAIR OF SILK BROCADE 'EIGHT IMMORTALS' SCROLLS, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. Each scroll is decorated with four of the Eight Immortals surro...

A RUBY-RED VELVET AND GOLD BROCADE 'DRAGON' ALTAR FRONTAL, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th-19th century. Finely woven with a central front-facing four-cla...

AN EMBROIDERED SILK 'DRAGON' WALL HANGING, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. Finely worked in white, blue, yellow, and red silk and silver thread w...

A GOLD-EMBROIDERED SILK 'DRAGON' ALTAR FRONTAL, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th to earlier 19th century. The rectangular panel finely embroidered with a c...

A NINGXIA 'DRAGON' THRONE-BACK RUG, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th-19th century. Woven in shades of blue and cream on a golden yellow ground with a front...

A BUDDHIST TEMPLE PILLAR RUG DEPICTING A LAMA BLOWING A CONCHChina, Ningxia, 19th century. The monk wearing loose-fitting robes and a characterist...

A KESI 'BUTTERFLIES' INFORMAL LADY'S ROBE, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. Finely worked with innumerable fluttering butterflies picked out in vi...

AN EMBROIDERED GAUZE SUMMER DRAGON ROBE, JIFU, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. The blue gauze worked in couched gold thread and counted stitch with ...

AN IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND DRAGON ROBE, JIFU, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. The blue ground is worked in couched gold threads with nin...

A BROWN EMBROIDERED 'DRAGON' ROBE, JIFU, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. The rich brown ground finely worked on the front and back with nine five...

A BLUE-GROUND SUMMER GAUZE 'DRAGON' ROBE, JIFU, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. Finely woven with gilt dragons and terrestrial diagram above lish...

ALL IMMORTALS GATHER FOR THE BIRTHDAY', DATED 1737China. Ink and watercolors on silk. Depicting immortals and their attendants engaged in various ...

SU DONGPO', QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. Gold and watercolors on paper. Depicting the Song-dynasty poet Su Dongpo seated on a gnarled wooden armc...

TWO DUCKS', 17TH - 18TH CENTURYChina. Ink and watercolors on silk. Finely painted with a pair of ducks on a riverbank amid lotus and other flowers...

ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER', QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. Ink and watercolors on silk. Finely painted with a scene from the Romance of the We...

AN ALBUM OF EIGHT SILK PAINTINGS, AFTER YU ZHIDING (c. 1647-1709)China, early to mid-Qing dynasty, ca. 1700-1850. Ink and watercolors on silk. Con...

BOYS AT PLAY AND CAT', QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. Painted with ink and watercolors on paper. Depicting three boys, two holding fans and cheerfu...

MAGU', IMPERIAL SCHOOL, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th-19th century. Depicting the immortal holding an elaborate ruyi scepter set with a large flaming pe...

A REVERSE-GLASS MIRROR PAINTING OF A LADY PLAYING THE DIZI, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th to early 19th century. Depicting an elegant lady seated in a b...

A REVERSE-GLASS PAINTING OF A LADY PLAYING THE HUQIN, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th to early 19th century. Depicting an elegant lady, wearing fine robes...

CHANG'E FLYING TO THE MOON', BY WAN SHOUQI (1603-1652)Ink, gilt, and watercolors on silk. The moon goddess standing on an array of swirling clouds...

PEKINGESE', QING DYNASTYChina, mid-19th century. Ink and watercolors on silk, laid down on paper. Depicting a Pekingese wearing a collar with five...

ONE HUNDRED CATS', BY YU ZHIDING (1647-1716)Ink and watercolors on silk. A vast and colorful depiction of exactly one hundred cats engaged in vari...

THE PORTRAIT OF A THIRD-RANK OFFICIAL FROM THE KANGXI COURT, IMPERIAL SCHOOL, ON SILK, WITH AN EDICT DATED 1697China. Black ink, watercolors, and ...

ONE HUNDRED BEAUTIES' BY GAI QI (1774-1829)China. The present album consists of 40 leaves, each with a masterful and highly detailed portrait of a...

CUCUMBERS AND BEETLE', QI BAISHI (1863-1957)China. Ink and watercolors on a paper folding fan. Finely painted with three long cucumbers and a larg...

POMEGRANATES', BY SHI LU (1919-1982)Ink and watercolors on paper. Boldly painted with leafy branches bearing seven plump pomegranates. Mounted as ...

A FAN-SHAPED PAINTING ALBUM WITH 101 DIFFERENT INSECTS, FIRST HALF OF 20TH CENTURYChina. The bound book comprising twelve bi-fold panels showing a...

PINE TREES', BY LI XIONGCAI (1910-2001), DATED 1989Ink on paper. The pine trees in the foreground masterfully rendered, sprawling in an almost exp...

BUTTERFLIES AND CHRYSANTHEMUM', BY WANG XUETAO (1903-1982), DATED 1963Ink and watercolors on paper. Boldly painted with two chrysanthemum flowers ...

TWO BIRDS', BY LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991)Ink and watercolors on paper. Boldly painted with two birds perched next to each other and facing to the le...

BIRDS ON BAMBOO', BY ZHAO SHAO'ANG (1905-1998)Ink and watercolors on paper. Dated 1989. Finely painted with two small birds perched on a bamboo br...

WHITE RABBIT', BY LOU SHIBAI (1918-2010)Ink and watercolors on paper. Depicting a rabbit crouching in the grass, with almond-shaped red eyes and l...

A STUCCO HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA, GANDHARAAncient region of Kushan, 3rd-4th century. The exquisitely modeled head of a bodhisattva, his perfectly pr...