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Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from The Met Collection

At The Met Fifth Avenue
October 31, 2015–October 11, 2016

Exhibition Rotations

Over two rotations, Masterpieces of Chinese Painting will feature more than 100 works of Chinese painting and calligraphy.

The first rotation will be on view from October 31, 2015, through April 17, 2016, and the second rotation will be on view from May 7, 2016, through October 11, 2016.

The paintings and calligraphies listed here will appear in the first rotation, on view from October 31, 2015, through April 17, 2016.

Selected Artworks

The paintings and calligraphies listed here will appear in the second rotation, on view from May 7, 2016, through October 11, 2016.

Selected Artworks




Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25). Finches and Bamboo (detail). Northern Song dynasty (960–1127). China. Handscroll; ink and color on silk; Image: 13 1/4 x 21 13/16 in. (33.7 x 55.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, John M. Crawford Jr. Collection, Purchase, Douglas Dillon Gift, 1981 (1981.278)