Two hundred paintings in chronological order from 700 to 2008 ad.

7th Century. The Thirteen Emporers by Yan Liben http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_has_images=1&coll_keywords=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&submit=Search&coll_classification=Paintings&coll_artist=Yan%20Liben

8th Century. Night Shining White by Han Gan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Gan

10th Century. Buddhist Temple in Moutain by Li Cheng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Cheng

~1100 Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River by Mi Fu http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nsong/ho_1984.174.htm

1107 Landscape by Mi Fei http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mi_Fei

12th Century. Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk by Emporer Huizong http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=28127&coll_keywords=&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=Huizong&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=Paintings&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=1&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1

12th Century. Finches and Bamboo by Emporer Huizong http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Cultivated_Landscapes/reflections_images.htm

11th Century. Old Trees, Level Distance by Guo Xi http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Cultivated_Landscapes/3.r.htm

~1190 Scholar Viewing a Waterfall by Ma Yuan http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Cultivated_Landscapes/reflections_images.htm

~1200 Swinging Gibbon by Xia Gui http://www.clevelandart.org/explore/artist.asp?searchText=Xia+Gui&display=list&tab=1&recNo=0

13th CenturyTemple Among Snowy Hills by Fan Kuan http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_has_images=1&coll_keywords=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&submit=Search&coll_classification=Paintings&coll_artist=Fan%20Kuan

12th Century. Imaginary tour through Xiao-xiang by Li http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/servlet/Con?pageId=E08&processId=00&ref=2&start=1&Q4=14______4_1__

13th Century. The Priest Dongshan Wading the Stream by Ma Yuan http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/servlet/Con?pageId=E08&processId=00&ref=2&start=1&Q4=14______4_2__

1290 Young Nobleman on Horseback by Qian Xuan http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/asia/q/qian_xuan,_young_nobleman_on_h.aspx

by Qian Xuan http://pintura.aut.org/BU04?Autnum=15.057

~1295 Wang Xizhi Watching Geese by Qian Xuan http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_qixu.htm

1318 Bamboo and Rocks by Li Kan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Likan_Bamboo_and_Rocks.jpg

14th Century. Han-shan and Shi-de by Yan Hui (detail) http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/servlet/Con?pageId=E08&processId=00&ref=2&start=1&Q4=14______4_2__

14th Century. Kannon (Avalokitesvara) in White-Robe by Zheng Wu http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/syuzou/meihin/kaiga/chuugoku/index.html

15th Century. Album of Eight Landscapes and Eight Poems by Shen Zhou http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=29373&coll_keywords=&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=Shen+Zhou&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=Paintings&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=1&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1

Portrait of Shen Zhou http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Zhou

~1500 Court Ladies of the Former Shu by Tang Yin http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Court_Ladies_of_the_Former_Shu_by_Tang_Yin.jpg

~1500 Landscape by Tan'g Yin http://www.abstract-art.com/abstraction/l2_Grnfthrs_fldr/g010_tan_ying.html

Flowers in a Basket by Lu Zhi http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?id=24201&coll_keywords=&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=Lu+Zhi&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=Paintings&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=1&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1

16th Century. Harp Player in a Pavilion by Qiu Ying http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=28128&coll_keywords=&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=Qichang&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=Paintings&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=1&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1

Planting Chrysanthemums by Lu Zhi http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ming/ho_1986.266.3.htm

1543 Living Aloft: Master Liu's Retreat by Wen Zhengming http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Cultivated_Landscapes/reflections_images.htm

1547 Spring in Kiangnan by Wen Cheng-Ming (Wen Zhengming) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Spring_in_Kiangnan.jpg

16th Century. Branch of Blossoming Plum by Liu Shiru http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/collections/objectDetail.smvc?sqNum=0#

1551 Garden of the Unsuccessful Politician by Wen Zhengming http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_wezh.htm

1572 The Carrying Hall by Lu Zhi https://www.kimbellart.org/Collections/SearchCollections.aspx?P=1&Focus=0&txtSearchText=Lu+Zhi#

16th Century. Shakyamuni on a Rock in the Ocean by Ding Yunpeng http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=28279&coll_keywords=&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=Yunpeng&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=Paintings&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=1&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1

1580 Handscroll Painting by Ding Yunpeng http://etcweb.princeton.edu/asianart/selectionsdetail.jsp?ctry=China&pd=&id=1027251

1627 From Album, Figures, Flowers, and Landscapes by Chen Hongshou http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/recent_acquisitions/1999/co_rec_asia_1999.521_l.asp

1632 Steep Mountains and Silent Waters by Dong Qichang https://www.kimbellart.org/Collections/SearchCollections.aspx?P=1&Focus=0&txtSearchText=Qichang#

16th Century. Solitary angler on a wintry river by Zhu Duan http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/servlet/Con?pageId=E08&processId=00&ref=2&start=1&Q4=14______4_1__

~1680 Retired Scholar Among Hills by Zha Shibiao http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=29992&coll_keywords=Zha+Shibiao&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=1&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1

1650 Wind in the pines of Mount Gouqu by Zhang Hong http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=29971&coll_keywords=&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=Zhang+Hong&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=Paintings&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=1&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1

17th Century. River in Summer by Wu Li http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=13794&coll_keywords=Wu+Li&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=1&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1

1663 Lake Zhiyang and the Eastern Lake by Hongren http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=29964&coll_keywords=&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=Hongren&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=Paintings&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=1&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1