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  • Along the River at a Qingming Time
    Along the River at a Qingming Time

    ZHANG Zeduan (Song Dynasty)

    24.8 x 528.7 cm  Ink and light color on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • The Night Revels of Han Xizai
    The Night Revels of Han Xizai

    GU Hongzhong (Five Dynasties)

    28.7 x 335.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • Huashan Mountain God in an Epiphany
    Huashan Mountain God in an Epiphany

    LI Gonglin (Song Dynasty)

    26.5 x 516.3 cm  Water ink on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • Superimposed Screens behind a Board Game
    Superimposed Screens behind a Board Game

    ZHOU Wenju (Five Dynasties)

    40.3 x 70.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • Leisure Retreat under a Scholar Tree
    Leisure Retreat under a Scholar Tree

    Anonymous (Southern Song 1127-1279)

    25 x 28.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • A Spring Banquet
    A Spring Banquet

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    26 x 515.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • Driving Away Devils
    Driving Away Devils

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    67.4 x 59.2 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • Zaju: Playing the Flower Drum
    Zaju: Playing the Flower Drum

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    23.3 x 24.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • Zaju: Selling Eye Ointment
    Zaju: Selling Eye Ointment

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    23.8 x 24.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • Skeleton Puppet Play
    Skeleton Puppet Play

    LI Song (Song Dynasty)

    27 x 26.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • Children Clustered around at Spring Play
    Children Clustered around at Spring Play

    SU Hanchen (Song Dynasty)

    26.6 x 27.7 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • Enjoying the Moon on Terrace
    Enjoying the Moon on Terrace

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    25.6 x 26.7 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • Cooling off at a Water Villa
    Cooling off at a Water Villa

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    24.3 x 24.8 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Shanghai Museum

  • Traveling along Streams and Mountains
    Traveling along Streams and Mountains

    ZHU Rui (Song Dynasty)

    26.2 x 27.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Shanghai Museum

  • Water Mill at the Dam
    Water Mill at the Dam

    Attributed to WEI Xian (Five Dynasties)

    53.2 x 119.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Shanghai Museum

  • Palace Concert Rehearsal
    Palace Concert Rehearsal

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    25.5 x 158.7cm  Ink and color on silk

    Shanghai Museum

  • Lonely Moon Gazing
    Lonely Moon Gazing

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    25.4 x 24.8 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Shanghai Museum

  • Eight Eminent Monks
    Eight Eminent Monks

    LIANG Kai (Song Dynasty)

    26.6 x 64 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Shanghai Museum

  • Grand Reception of a Repatriated Imperial Carriage
    Grand Reception of a Repatriated Imperial Carriage

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    26.7 x 142.2 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Shanghai Museum

  • Dragon Boat Race on Jinming Lake
    Dragon Boat Race on Jinming Lake

    ZHANG Zeduan (Song Dynasty)

    28.5 x 28.6 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Tianjin Museum

  • Auspicious Imagery of the Gaozong Revival
    Auspicious Imagery of the Gaozong Revival

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    26.7 x 397.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Tianjin Museum

  • Hands in Water but Eyes on Flowers
    Hands in Water but Eyes on Flowers

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    30.3 x 32.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Tianjin Museum

  • Autumn Waters at Haoliang
    Autumn Waters at Haoliang

    LI Tang (Song Dynasty)

    24 x 114.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Tianjin Museum

  • Autumn Reading of Dao at a Cottage Window
    Autumn Reading of Dao at a Cottage Window

    LIU Songnian (Song Dynasty)

    25.7 x 26 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Liaoning Museum

  • The Imperial Secretariat at Dusk
    The Imperial Secretariat at Dusk

    ZHAO Daheng （Song Dynasty)

    24.6 x 25.4 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Liaoning Museum

  • Pines of Longevity
    Pines of Longevity

    MA Yuan (Song Dynasty)

    122 x 52.7 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Liaoning Museum

  • Tea Contests
    Tea Contests

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    40 x 34.1 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Heilongjiang Museum

  • Children at Play on a Winter's Day
    Children at Play on a Winter's Day

    SU Hanchen (Song Dynasty)

    196.2 x 107.1 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Children at Play in an Autumn Garden
    Children at Play in an Autumn Garden

    SU Hanchen (Song Dynasty)

    197.5 x 108.7 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Bliss is Brought around
    Bliss is Brought around

    SU Hanchen (Song Dynasty)

    99 x 67.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Bathing Buddha's Icon
    Bathing Buddha's Icon

    SU Hanchen (Song Dynasty)

    159.8 x 70.6 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Children at Play
    Children at Play

    SU Hanchen (Song Dynasty)

    58.7 x 34 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Banquet by Lantern Light
    Banquet by Lantern Light

    MA Yuan (Song Dynasty)

    111.9 x 53.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Enjoying the Night with Candlelight
    Enjoying the Night with Candlelight

    MA Lin (Song Dynasty)

    24.8 x 25.2 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • The Han Palace
    The Han Palace

    ZHAO Boju (Song Dynasty)

    24.5 x 24.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Traveling on a River After Snow
    Traveling on a River After Snow

    GUO Zhongshu (Northern Song

    74.1 x 69.2 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Homeward Oxherds in Wind and Rain
    Homeward Oxherds in Wind and Rain

    LI Di (Song Dynasty)

    120.7 x 102.8 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Knick-knack Peddler and Children Playing
    Knick-knack Peddler and Children Playing

    LI Song (Song Dynasty)

    25.8 x 27.6 cm  Ink on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Moxibustion
    Moxibustion

    LI Tang (Song Dynasty)

    68.7 x 58.7 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Small Talk by the Creek
    Small Talk by the Creek

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    25.7 x 23.6cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • River Boats and Mountain Town
    River Boats and Mountain Town

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    28.6 x 44.1 cm  Ink and color on paper

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Buffalo Herding across a Creek
    Buffalo Herding across a Creek

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    75.6 x 44.3 cm  Ink and color on paper

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Beauty on an Outing
    Beauty on an Outing

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    40.1 x 41 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Refusing the Seat
    Refusing the Seat

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    146.8 x 77.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Seated Portrait of Song Renzong's Empress
    Seated Portrait of Song Renzong's Empress

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    172.1 x 165.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Imperial Hunting at Shanglin Park
    Imperial Hunting at Shanglin Park

    ZHAO Boju (Song Dynasty)

    44 x 1169.4 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Parting talk in Yandang Mountain
    Parting talk in Yandang Mountain

    ZHAO Zonghan (Song Dynasty)

    93 x 32.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • The Eighteen Scholars
    The Eighteen Scholars

    Attributed to LIU Songnian (Song Dynasty)

    44.5 x 182.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Literary Gathering
    Literary Gathering

    ZHAO Ji (Song Dynasty)

    184.4 x 123.9 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Gentleman of Chrysanthemum Garden
    Gentleman of Chrysanthemum Garden

    LIANG Kai (Song Dynasty)

    71.5 x 36.7 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Tea Grind
    Tea Grind

    Attributed to LIU Songnian (Song Dynasty)

    44.2 x 61.9 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Quietly Listening to Soughing Pines
    Quietly Listening to Soughing Pines

    MA Lin (Song Dynasty

    226.6 x 110.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Gentleman in the Shade of a Willow Tree
    Gentleman in the Shade of a Willow Tree

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    65.4 x 40.2 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Walking with a Staff under Pines
    Walking with a Staff under Pines

    XU Daoning (Song Dynasty)

    24.2 x 25.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • A Relic Sharing Communion
    A Relic Sharing Communion

    ZHANG Xunli (Song Dynasty

    138 x 72.7 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • The Zither Player Rests as the Ruan Player Strums
    The Zither Player Rests as the Ruan Player Strums

    ZHAO Boju (12th century)

    125.7 x 51.2 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • The Eighteen Yingzhen
    The Eighteen Yingzhen

    LI Gonglin (Song Dynasty)

    32.1×496.8cm  Ink on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Picture of Rainmaking
    Picture of Rainmaking

    Attributed to LI Gonglin (1049-1106)

    100.5 x 42.7 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Lohan
    Lohan

    LIU Songnian (Song Dynasty)

    117 x 55.8 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Guanyin of a Thousand Arms and Eyes
    Guanyin of a Thousand Arms and Eyes

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    176.8 x 79.2 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • The God of Longevity
    The God of Longevity

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    172 x 92.6 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Three Immortals Transmitting the Teaching
    Three Immortals Transmitting the Teaching

    YAN Wengui (attributed to, active 11th century)

    46.3 x 41.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Lady Wenji's Return to Han
    Lady Wenji's Return to Han

    CHEN Juzhong (Song Dynasty)

    147.4 x 107.7 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Summoned to the Golden Gate
    Summoned to the Golden Gate

    GUO Zhongshu (Song Dynasty

    30×28.1cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Immortal in Splashed Ink
    Immortal in Splashed Ink

    LIANG Kai (Song Dynasty)

    48.7 x 27.7 cm  Ink on Silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Breaking the Balustrade
    Breaking the Balustrade

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    173.9 x 101.8 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Taipei Palace Museum

  • Child with His Pets in a Flower Garden
    Child with His Pets in a Flower Garden

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    24.5 x 25.7 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Women and Children by a Lotus Pond
    Women and Children by a Lotus Pond

    Attributed to WANG Qihan (Song Dynasty)

    23.9 x 25.8 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Returning from a Village Feast
    Returning from a Village Feast

    Attributed to LI Tang (Song Dynasty)

    25.7 x 27.2 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk
    Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk

    Attributed to ZHAO Ji (Song Dynasty)

    37.1 x 145 cm  Ink, color and gold on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Lady Watching a Maid with a Parrot
    Lady Watching a Maid with a Parrot

    Attributed to WANG Juzheng (Song Dynasty)

    23.4 x 24.2cm  Ink and color on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Lady at Her Dressing Table in a Garden
    Lady at Her Dressing Table in a Garden

    SU Hanchen (Song Dynasty)

    25.2 x 26.7 cm  Ink, color and gold on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • The Red Cliff
    The Red Cliff

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    30.9 x 128.8 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Northern Qi Scholars Collating Classic Texts
    Northern Qi Scholars Collating Classic Texts

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    27.5 x 114 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • The Planet Deity Chenxing (Mercury) Attended by a Monkey
    The Planet Deity Chenxing (Mercury) Attended by a Monkey

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    121.4 x 55.9 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Jiuge, Classical Verses of Qu Yuan (Nine Songs)
    Jiuge, Classical Verses of Qu Yuan (Nine Songs)

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    24.7 x 608.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Daoist Immortal Crossing Lake Dongting
    Daoist Immortal Crossing Lake Dongting

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    23.1 x 22.6 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Three Daoist Deities – The Deity of Heaven
    Three Daoist Deities – The Deity of Heaven

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    125.5 x 55.9 cm  Ink, color, and gold on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Three Daoist Deities – The Deity of Water
    Three Daoist Deities – The Deity of Water

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    125.5 x 55.9 cm  Ink, color, and gold on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Three Daoist Deities – The Deity of Earth
    Three Daoist Deities – The Deity of Earth

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    125.5 x 55.9 cm  Ink, color, and gold on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Luohan Manifesting Himself as an Eleven-headed Guanyin
    Luohan Manifesting Himself as an Eleven-headed Guanyin

    Zhou Jichang (Song Dynasty)

    111.5 x 51.9 cm  Ink and color on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Nomads with a Tribute Horse
    Nomads with a Tribute Horse

    Anonymous (Southern Song or later)

    27.8 x 125.1cm  Ink, color, and gold on silk

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Palace Banquet (Time to Pray for Ingenuity)
    Palace Banquet (Time to Pray for Ingenuity)

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    161.6 x 110.8 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  • Snowy Landscape with Rustic Riverside Retreat
    Snowy Landscape with Rustic Riverside Retreat

    Attributed to LIU Songnian (Song Dynasty

    41.6 x 241.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  • Tang Emperor Xuanzong's Flight to Shu
    Tang Emperor Xuanzong's Flight to Shu

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    113.7 x 82.9 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  • Landscape with Great Pine
    Landscape with Great Pine

    MA Lin (Song Dynasty)

    25.2 x 26 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  • Scholar Viewing a Waterfall
    Scholar Viewing a Waterfall

    MA Yuan (Song Dynasty)

    25.1 x 26 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  • Travelers in a Wintry Forest
    Travelers in a Wintry Forest

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    161.9 x 100.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  • Scholars of the Liuli Hall
    Scholars of the Liuli Hall

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    31.4 x 128.4 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  • Ten Kings of Hell
    Ten Kings of Hell

    JIN Chushi (Southern Song)

    129.5 x 49.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  • The Immortal Lyu Dongbin Appearing over the Yueyang Pavilion
    The Immortal Lyu Dongbin Appearing over the Yueyang Pavilion

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    23.8 x 25.1 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  • Duke Wen of Jin Recovering His State
    Duke Wen of Jin Recovering His State

    Attributed to LI Tang (Song Dynasty)

    29.4 x 828 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  • Odes of the State of Bin
    Odes of the State of Bin

    MA Hezhi (Song Dynasty)

    27.8 x 663.6 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  • One Hundred Children at Play
    One Hundred Children at Play

    Attributed to SU Hanchen (Song Dynasty)

    28.7 x 31.2 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • The Football (Cuju) Players
    The Football (Cuju) Players

    Attributed to MA Yuan (active c.1190-1225)

    115.6 x 55.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Sericulture (The Process of Making Silk)
    Sericulture (The Process of Making Silk)

    Attributed to LIANG Kai (Song Dynasty)

    26.7 x 98.6 cm + 27.6 x 92.3 cm + 27.6 x 92.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • In the Palace
    In the Palace

    Attributed to ZHOU Wenju (Five Dynasties)

    28.5 x 168.6 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Conversation in a Thatched Hut
    Conversation in a Thatched Hut

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    26 x 27.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Drinking in the Moonlight
    Drinking in the Moonlight

    MA Yuan (Song Dynasty)

    24.5 x 25 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Watching the Deer by a Pine Shaded Stream
    Watching the Deer by a Pine Shaded Stream

    MA Yuan (Song Dynasty)

    33.7 x 39.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Listening to the Qin (Zither)
    Listening to the Qin (Zither)

    LIU Songnian (Song Dynasty)

    23.8 x 24.6 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes
    Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    34.3 x 38.6 cm  Ink on paper

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Barbarian Royalty Worshiping the Buddha
    Barbarian Royalty Worshiping the Buddha

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    28.6 x 103.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Bodhidharma Meditating facing a Cliff
    Bodhidharma Meditating facing a Cliff

    Anonymous (Song Dynasty)

    203.2 x 63.5 cm  Ink on silk

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Palace Ladies Bathing Infants
    Palace Ladies Bathing Infants

    Attributed to ZHOU Wenju (Song Dynasty)

    23 x 24.5 cm  Ink and color on silk

    National Museum of Asian Art (Freer & Sackler), Washington, DC

  • Homeward-bound Fisherman Covered in Snow
    Homeward-bound Fisherman Covered in Snow

    LIANG Kai (Song Dynasty)

    23.6 x 24.7cm  Ink on silk

    National Museum of Asian Art (Freer & Sackler), Washington, DC

  • Palace Ladies and Attendants
    Palace Ladies and Attendants

    Attributed to ZHOU Wenju (Song Dyasty)

    23.2 x 25.1 cm  Ink and color on silk

    National Museum of Asian Art (Freer & Sackler), Washington, DC

  • Zhongshan Going on Excursion
    Zhongshan Going on Excursion

    Gong Kai (Yuan Dynasty)

    32.8 x 169.5 cm  Ink on paper

    National Museum of Asian Art (Freer & Sackler), Washington, DC

  • Listening to the Zither (Qin)
    Listening to the Zither (Qin)

    ZHAO Ji (Emperor Huizong, Song Dynasty)

    147.2 x 51.3 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Palace Museum

  • Viewing Plum Blossoms by Moonlight
    Viewing Plum Blossoms by Moonlight

    MA Yuan (Song Dynasty)

    25.1 x 26.7 cm  Ink and color on silk

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Artist: Song Dynasty
Dynasty: Su Han-chen (fl. mid-12th c.)
Dimension: National Palace Museum
Conllection: Dimensions: 158.3 x 108.1 cm
Type: Hanging scroll

Su Han-chen was a native of Kai-feng, Honan, who specialized in painting Buddhist and Taoist figures. During the Hsuan-ho era (1119-1125) under Emperor Hui-tsung of the Northern Song, he was a Painter-in-Attendance at the imperial academy. After the court moved south, Su resumed his position there, and, in the early Lung-hsing era (1163-1164) of Emperor Hsiao-tsung, he was praised for his Buddhist paintings, earning the title "Gentleman of Trust." In figure painting, the representation of children is recognized as one of the most difficult, especially in achieving that elusive quality of naivete. Su Han-chen was a master of observation and description who knew that children at play are in a state of natural ease. His ability to capture the spirit and appearance of such children made him the most renowned painter in this genre.