Chinese Portraits

Children's Portraits

Pillow with little boy (Brooklyn Museum 2001.6.2). 960-1279

Laughing boy figure (V&A Museum FE.31-1978). late 16th-early 17th C.

 

Group Portraits

Beauty in a Bamboo Grove (SLAM 856:1920). 16th C.

Men's Portraits

Earthenware figure (V&A Museum CIRC.49-1935). 618-906

Earthenware figure (V&A Museum CIRC.50-1935). 618-906

Earthenware figure (V&A Museum C.144-1911). 618-906 

Tomb Figure of an Attendant (Brooklyn Museum 34.5672). 618-906 

Tomb Figure of a Groom (Brooklyn Museum 34.5695). 618-906

Three Uighur princes (Museum für Asiatische Kunst III 6876a). 10th-11th C.

Tile with drummer (Rijksmuseum AK-MAK-1452). ca. 1100-1400

Dignitary with Groom and Three Horses attributed to Mengfu Zhao (NGV 3780-D3). 13th-14th C.

Figure in court dress (V&A Museum A.67-1921). 1368-1644

Vase (V&A Museum 97-1887). 1368-1644

Vase (V&A Museum CIRC.116-1936). 16th C.

Old Trees by a Cold Waterfall by Wen Zhengming (LACMA 55.67.1). Ming - 1531

 

Women's Portraits

Earthenware figure (V&A Museum CIRC.36-1934). 618-906

Earthenware figure (V&A Museum CIRC.295-1930). 618-906

Earthenware figure (V&A Museum CIRC.351-1967). 618-906

Earthenware figure (V&A Museum CIRC.352-1967). 618-906 

Figure with a lotus cup (V&A Museum FE.19-1978). 618-906 

Founding ladies (Museum für Asiatische Kunst III 8494). China - 10th-11th C.

Two Uyghur princesses (Museum für Asiatische Kunst III 6876b). China - 10th-11th C.

Pillow with reclining woman (V&A Museum C.46-1911). China - 1450-1550

Chinese Lady with a Fan (LACMA M.73.5.587). Iran - 1470-90

Ivory figure (V&A Museum A.167-1929). China - 16th-17th C.

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