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Large hanging scroll painting of a peacock and a peahen believed to be painted by Castiglione from the court of the Qianlong Emperor.

Daoist painting, attributed to Zhang Lu, of two musicians under a tree.

Hanging scroll painting of large red, white, and purple peonies.

Hanging scroll painting of four Taoist immortals by an unknown Chinese artist. This is possibly one painting in a set of two; its counterpart presumably shows the other four Taoist immortals that comprise the Eight Daoist Immortals.

Fine line black ink drawing, attributed to Sheng Hong, of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Ch. Puxian) on a white elephant. Two attendants are giving the elephant a bath.

Black ink painting, attributed to Min Zeng, of a beautiful woman seated on a rock. She holds a fan in her hands, and has her head tilted slightly.

Hanging scroll painting by an unknown Chinese artist of Chinese scholars playing a game of go (Ch. weiqi) in a rocky landscape shadowed by the branches of a pine tree.

Small hanging scroll painting of banana trees and bamboo in the snow.

Large hanging scroll of a snow scene, with two male figures in blue robes riding donkeys across a bridge in the lower right. The vast landscape includes rocky mountains and snow covered trees. There are numerous small waterfalls among the mountains.

The Queen Mother of the West (Xi Wangmu) rides on a deer, holding the fungus of immortality. The scrolls hanging from her waist contain the secrets to achieving immortality. She is accompanied by a female attendant, who carries the peaches of immortality in a basket and the elixer of life in a gourd container by her side. Attributed to Zhang Lu.

Hanging scroll by an unknown Chinese artist, of a layered landscape dominated by waterfalls, pines and trees in bloom. At the lower level, a scholar sits within a house and two travelers climb up the hill.

Hanging scroll painting of a Chinese scholar and attendant by an unknown Chinese artist. A lengthy inscription runs down the left side.

Black ink painting, by an unknown Chinese artist, of a magpie perched on the branch of a flowering plum tree growing from a rocky outcrop. Bamboo grows alongside the plum.