Handscroll of a court scene depicting courtiers and foreigners bringing gifts to the emperor. The painting is symmetrical: both architecturally and the numbers of people on each side are balanced. In total 90 people are portrayed including court attendants and those presenting gifts.

Hanging scroll. Title 'People in a Riverscape'. Landscape painting. Signed by Zhang Ruocheng in imperial service with painter's seals under signature. Seal of Qianlong which is not completely straight and therefore suggests that this scroll may not actually have been part of his collection.

Depicting the wheel of life.

Rubbing of the Nestorian monument at Xi'an.

imperial mandate in handscroll format composed of panels of varying colours, all woven with a pattern of clouds and covered with text in Chinese kaishu script and Manchu script.

A hanging scroll depicting six maidens playing at the palace lake, in ink and colour on silk.

hanging scroll, depicting autumn scenery

hanging scroll, depicting summer scenery

Painting of a mountain landscape by Tang Yin, in ink on paper.

A hanging scroll depicting two cranes on a hillock signed by Zhang Erxue, in ink and colour on silk.

hanging scroll, of the Three Religions-San Jiao. The painting show Fu Xi (6th century CE) seated on straw with 2 standing attendants. One with a horse-hair fly whisk and the other, offering the sage a gourd-shape vessel.

hanging scroll, depicting peasants ploughing. The poem is by Emperor Kangxi.
"From morning till night he guides the plough and never willingly relinquishes it;
Then the harrow, drawn by the black oxen, he smoothes the rough surface

Painting from an album of eight leaves folded concertina-like, in ink and light colour on paper. Each album leaf shows a different seasonal landscape.

This album painting depicts an alpine landscape of 17th century China, with a village nestled in a mountain gorge.

Painting from an album of eight leaves folded concertina-like, in ink and light colour on paper. Each album leaf shows a different seasonal landscape.

This album painting depicts a spring landscape with a village shrouded by mist, with a river nearby.

Painting from an album of eight leaves folded concertina-like, in ink and light colour on paper. Each album leaf shows a different seasonal landscape.

This album painting depicts a late summer-early autumn landscape with a peasant standing by the side of a lake with a water buffalo.

Hanging scroll, titled "Immortal with the fungus to invoke long life" by Zi Jin, in colour on paper.

hanging scroll. Painting of a domestic scene. Seal of Wang Chuan.

hanging scroll. Painting of a lady. Inscription dated 1711-1712. Seal of Wang Chuan.