Pastoral

This 17th-century ink and wash landscape by Zha Shibiao captures a moment of quiet industry in the rural Chinese countryside.

This pastoral Meiji-era landscape captures the quiet industry of spring farming with a warm, earthy palette.

A tranquil late 19th-century Chinese painting depicting a quiet moment between two figures sheltered by a haystack under the moon.

This tranquil landscape captures the ethereal beauty of a mountain village emerging from the morning mist.

A tranquil 18th-century scene depicting a rider on a water buffalo crossing a gentle river by a willow-shaded bank.