China
The Walters Art Museum’s collection of Chinese art includes works that span almost five millennia, from the late Neolithic period all the way up to the turn of the twentieth century. Chinese porcelains from the Ming and Qing dynasties were some of William T. Walters’s first purchases in the mid-nineteenth century and they form the foundation of the museum’s Asian collections. With the addition to important Buddhist sculptures, carved jades, ancient bronzes, paintings, and calligraphies, Henry Walters rounded out the Chinese collection so that it precisely reflects the early twentieth-century American vision of China.
The Walters Art Museum’s collection of Chinese art includes works that span almost five millennia, from the late Neolithic period all the way up to the turn of the twentieth century. Chinese porcelains from the Ming and Qing dynasties were some of William T. Walters’s first purchases in the mid-nineteenth century and they form the foundation of the museum’s Asian collections. With the addition to important Buddhist sculptures, carved jades, ancient bronzes, paintings, and calligraphies, Henry Walters rounded out the Chinese collection so that it precisely reflects the early twentieth-century American vision of China.
Vase with Dragons and Floral Patterns
1573-1620 (Ming dynasty (1368-1644); reign of the Wanli emperor (1573-1620))
49.1669
On view
Landscape with a Precipitous Riverbank with Gnarled Pines and Three Men
17th century (Ming or Qing)
35.2
![Image for Wên Wang [Wen Wang] Searching on the Wei River for Jiang Sheng [Chiang Sheng]](https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/PL2_35.47_Fnt_NF_C37.jpg)
Wên Wang [Wen Wang] Searching on the Wei River for Jiang Sheng [Chiang Sheng]
17th-18th century
35.47
River Llandscape with Figures in Pavilions, Boating and on Horseback
17th century
35.58
Mountain Landscape with Scholar in a Pavilion and Two Figures Approaching
17th century (Ming)
35.59
