A Tourist’s View of China Forbidden City, Beijing Sweeper in the Forbidden City Lotus at the Summer Palace, Beijing Tea in Beijing Huang Binyan, Rabbit (after Jeff Koons), 2004, at Zhong Fang Jiao Gallery in the 798 Art District, Beijing Yan Pei-Ming, Landscape of Childhood, displayed at UCCA in the 798 Art District Vendor and stall at the Night Market in Beijing Crabs at the Night Market Vajrabhairava, 1368–1644, National Art Museum, Beijing Boju Li, Western Zhou Dynasty, National Art Museum Cave 7 or 8, Yungang Caves, Datong (Northern Wei) Cave 10, Yungang Caves, Datong (Northern Wei) Yungang Caves Nine Dragon Screen [detail], Datong Hanging Temple, Datong Entrance to the Hanging Temple Confucian statue at the Hanging Temple Terracotta soldiers from the Qin Shi Huangdi necropolis, Xi’an Terracotta figure of a high ranking officer from the Qin Shi Huangdi necropolis Folk art vendors near the Qianling Tomb One of several giant statues in the Famen Temple complex Roof detail at the Great Mosque, Xi’an The Great Mosque, Xi’an Cricket cages outside a store in the Muslim Quarter, Xi’an Bird cages in the Muslim Quarter Trinket stall with baby booties “Golden Monster” at the Shaanxi History Museum, Xi’an Zhuang village of Ping An Longji rice terraces In the hills around Ping An Bamboo near Ping An “Minority village” near Longsheng Merchants on the Li River Water buffalo along the Li River Cormorant fisherman in Yangshuo Yangshuo Karst formations and fields in Yangshuo Yangshuo home Yangshuo market All photos by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Portraits of the Asian Art Galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara), gilt copper alloy, late 14th century, Yuan/early Ming dynasty, China Gonzaze Myō-ō, Nakabayashi Gennai, wood with polychromy, 1680 [Edo period], Japan Standing Attendant (Tomb Figurine), wood with traces of polychrome pigments, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 4th/3rd century BCE, China Armored Guardian King (Tianwang), earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes and traces of pigments, Tang dynasty, first half of the 8th century, China Head of a Bodhisattva, stucco with traces of pigment, 4th/6th century, Pakistan or Afghanistan, Gandharan region Vajrasattva Seated on Lotus Flower with Hands Grasping a Thunderbolt (Vajra) and Bell (Ghanta) with Thunderbolt Handle, gilt copper alloy, Tang dynasty, late 8th/early 9th century, China Detail of saddle on “Camel with Rider,” earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes and traces of pigments, Tang dynasty, first half of the 8th century, China Plaque with Demonic Mask, Late Neolithic period, Longshan culture or Shang dynasty, 2nd millenium BCE Pensive Bodhisattva, gray schist, 2nd/3rd century, Pakistan, Gandharan region Head of a Buddhist Deity, Possibly Prajnaparamita, sandstone, Angkor period, 13th century, Cambodia Shūkongōjin, wood with traces of polychromy, 12th/14th century [probably Kamakura period], Japan Female Musician, earthenware with polychrome pigments, Tang dynasty, first half of the 8th century, China Armored Guardian (Wushiyong), earthenware with polychrome pigments and gilding, Tang dynasty, late 7th/early 8th century, China Ding (tripod food caldron) with tao-tie design, bronze, Shang dynasty, 11th century BCE, China “Running in Advance” Mask (Shinshōtoku), wood with traces of color, 15th/16th century [probably Muromachi period], Japan Equestrienne, earthenware with traces of polychrome pigments, Tang dynasty, 2nd quarter of 8th century, China Four-Armed Sarasvati, Goddess of Learning, Seated in Lotus Position (Padmasana), chloritic schist, Hoyasala period, 13th century; India, Karnataka, Mysore region Votive Plaque with God Vishnu; gilt bronze with ivory, semiprecious stones, crystal, and glass; c. 19th century; Nepal, Kathmandu Valley Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, sandstone, Angkor period, 12th/13th century, Cambodia Fudō Myō-ō, wood with polychromy and gilt-bronze accessories, 12th/14th century [probably Kamakura period], Japan Groom, earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes and traces of pigments, Tang dynasty, first half of the 8th century, China Demon Mask (Tsuina-men), wood with traces of color, 15th/16th century [probably Muromachi period], Japan Entertainer (Tomb Figure), buff earthenware with pigment, Northern Dynasties, 6th century, China Lakshmana, from Panel with Lakshmana and Hanuman, the Monkey God, terracotta, Gupta period, 4th/5th century; India, Uttar Pradesh Standing Attendant (Tomb Figurine), wood with traces of polychrome pigments, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 4th/3rd century BCE, China Sōgyō Hachiman, wood with traces of white pigment, Heian period, 10th century, Japan Seitaka Dōji, wood with traces of polychromy, 15th century [Muromachi period], Japan Snake Goddess Manasa, basalt, 11th century, Bangladesh or Eastern India Zenzai Dōji, wood with glass and polychromy and metal accessories, 12th/14th century [probably Kamakura period], Japan Twenty-Armed Dancing God Ganesha, Remover of Obstacles, buff sandstone, 11th century, India (Madhya Pradesh) Standing Attendant (Tomb Figurine), wood with traces of polychrome pigments, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 4th/3rd century BCE, China Bodhisattva, limestone with traces of polychromy, Tang dynasty, 8th century, China Armored Guardian King (Tianwang), earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes and traces of pigments, Tang dynasty, first half of the 8th century, China Weight in the form of nested birds, gilt bronze, Tang dynasty (618-907), China All photos by Renée DeVoe Mertz