Complete Collection of Chinese Painting 1 -- Warring States to Tang Dynasty

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Features: Currently the earliest known painting on silk fabric in the world. These are two [scenic spots] from the Warring States period of China, depicting the tomb owner and deities, symbolizing the sending of the deceased's soul to heaven. From the Han and Wei dynasties onwards, painting gradually acquired an independent aesthetic significance. Scroll painting, due to its suitability for public and private collections and appreciation activities, became a major form of artistic expression and continued to develop, leading to the prosperous Tang and Song periods in the history of painting. This collection includes 82 works from the Warring States to the Tang dynasties, including silk paintings from the Warring States and Western Han periods, famous works such as Gu Kaizhi's The Admonitions of the Instructress to the Palace, Tang dynasty screen paintings unearthed in Xinjiang, Dunhuang cave paintings preserved in museums in the UK and France, as well as major Tang dynasty masterpieces housed in museums in the US, Japan, and the Taipei Palace Museum.