“Chinese Paintings From Japanese Collections” is ... whose rollicking demeanor while sitting in the shade of a pine tree made them symbols of spiritual freedom. As curator Little notes in ...

As a result, “I Think This Is a Pine Tree” manages to be a series of actions, despite its form as an installation, sculpture, and painting. The piece reminded me of Chinese and Japanese ...

H: 45 5/8, W: 11 1/2 in. H: 115.89, W: 29.21 cm.

1723-1735). The elements depicted in the painting -- pine trees, a white hawk, and lingzhi fungus -- share homophones with its Chinese title, symbolizing longevity in traditional Chinese culture.

“Eagle Standing on a Pine Tree,” a 1946 ink painting by Qi Baishi, one of China’s 20th-century masters, had drawn a startling price: $65.4 million. No Chinese painting had ever fetched so ...

The artist previously made market headlines in 2011, when a triptych, Eagles on Pine Tree (1946), fetched ... The previous auction high for a Chinese painting was the $63.9 million paid in ...