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Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Emperor Ming-huang and Yang Kuei-fei(?) Journey to Shu
1644 – 1912
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Carter
1970/2.153
M. Bachelier is shown seated at a desk dressed in a high powdered wig and sumptous gold-embroidered velvet coat and waistcoat. Behind the figure is a rich cloth, pulled back to reveal columns. On the elaborately carved desk are papers and a writing set. M. Bachelier extends his left hand towards the viewer, suggesting that we have interepted him while writing at his des. The painting's coloring consists of rich burgundy red, green, tan and gold.
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
M. Bachelier, Director of Customs at Lyon (M. Bachelier, Directeur des fermes de Lyon)
1715
Museum Purchase
1968/1.76
Travelers are seen on a winding mountain pathway, among overlapping layers of mountains.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Goshun&nbsp;has&nbsp;powerfully&nbsp;evoked&nbsp;a&nbsp;winter&nbsp;landscape&nbsp;by&nbsp;reserving&nbsp;large&nbsp;areas&nbsp;of&nbsp;blank&nbsp;silk&nbsp;along&nbsp;with&nbsp;scattered touches of&nbsp;white&nbsp;to&nbsp;suggest&nbsp;snow.&nbsp;The&nbsp;heavy&nbsp;overcast&nbsp;sky&nbsp;and&nbsp;the cloudy&nbsp;washes&nbsp;amidst&nbsp;the&nbsp;bare&nbsp;limbs&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;trees&nbsp;suggest a gloomy&nbsp;atmosphere&nbsp;appropriate&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;theme.&nbsp;The mounted figures&nbsp;and&nbsp;attendants&nbsp;are&nbsp;proceeding&nbsp;along&nbsp;the&nbsp;road towards a&nbsp;mountain&nbsp;pass.&nbsp;Their&nbsp;casual&nbsp;demeanor&nbsp;belies&nbsp;the&nbsp;ordeal through&nbsp;which&nbsp;they&nbsp;have&nbsp;passed.&quot;<br /> <br /> <b id="docs-internal-guid-56596195-7fff-8d60-d089-a3e5d66935e9">Adams, Celeste, and Paul Berry. <em>Heart, Mountains, and Human Ways: Japanese Land
Matsumura Goshun
The Road to Shu
1767 – 1832
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1970/2.152
Handscroll depicting figures (42 men and 6 boys) in a landscape, most of whom are sitting along the banks of a stream as cups on lotus leaves float by. A small cluster of figures sits in a shelter over the water examining a handscroll. The painting includes an inscription, six artist&rsquo;s seals and one collector&rsquo;s seal.
Sheng Maoye
The Orchid Pavilion Gathering
1621
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1974/1.244
A group of approximately five men, one dressed in blue robes and the rest nude, extend their arms and a white flag. They form a pyramid atop what appears to be floating on a raft in a turbulent body of water. Three figures are standing, facing away from the viewier, and two lay prone on their backs on the raft, one in the near foreground facing towards the viewer and the other facing away, with knees bent upwards. The painting is executed with thick strokes of gouache in shades of beige, gray, brown, blue and green. 
Cåndido Portinari
Untitled
1910 – 1960
Gift of Clan Crawford, Jr.
2009/1.483

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Wên Wang of Chou Visiting Chiang T'ai-kung on the Banks of the Wei River
1644 – 1912
Gift of Mrs. Julian Street, Jr.
1966/2.16

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Historical Figures in Settings of Different Seasons
1500 – 1699
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Wu
1985/1.198.1
This large, multi-media work shows two sketches of the well-known image of Napoleon with his righ hand tucked in his vest. The image on the left is just a sketch outlined in dark blue spray paint while on the right is a more detailed color rendering outlined in light blue. On the far right is a chair. The name “DAVID” is stenciled at bottom left of center. 
Larry Rivers (American (North American))
Napoleon Standing Next to Chair
1970
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
1997/1.135
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