Chinese classical arts
Tang through Qing painting, calligraphy, ceramics, jade, and bronzes. Scholar-official traditions, literati painting, and the court ateliers.
Elected by the community.
Stewards curate the circle's priorities, verify provenance, and govern disputes. Stewardship is earned through contribution signal and ratified on the Tenzro ledger.
What descends in this circle.
Each root artifact in the circle — and every layer branching from it. Click a node to open.
”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises”
open full lineagePaintings after Ancient Masters: Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan
open full lineageLandscape Album in Various Styles: The Stream of Wuling
open full lineageContributions in this circle

Landscape after Guo Zhongshu
Bada Shanren (Chinese
Painting · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan
Chen Hongshou (Chinese
Painting · album leaf, ink and color on silk

Landscape Album in Various Styles: The Stream of Wuling
Zha Shibiao (Chinese
Painting · album leaf, ink and light color on paper

Uchikake (Over Kimono)
Japan
textile · Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk in satin, single satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching, and Chinese knots; painted with gold; lined with red silk (chirimen), crepe; dyed with beni, safflower

”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises”
Musō Soseki
Hanging scroll. Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Quatrain on snow-covered West Lake
Emperor Lizong
Fan mounted as an album leaf. Round fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk

Painting table
Asian Art
Table. Wood (huanghuali, Dalbergia odorifera)

River landscape
Zhuang Jiongsheng
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf. Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper

Bamboo in Snow
Dapeng Zhengkun (Taihō Shōkon)
Hanging scrolls. Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on silk