Interplay

Hanging scroll; colors on paper; with large red square relief seal reading "Ci Xi Huang Tai Hou Yu Bi Zhi Bao" (Treasure made by the imperial brush of Empress Dowager Cixi)

One of fifty-four paintings (originally fifty-five); ink and color on paper

One from a set of twenty-four album leaves; ink on paper; with signature in clerical script (lishu) reading "Li Junyi 90"

Ink, color, and foil on paperboard, with artist’s signature and seal

One of fifty-four paintings (originally fifty-five); ink and color on paper

Ink on paper; with dated signature of the artist reading "Renzi wuyue Wang Jiqian"

Accordion-fold album of twelve center-folded leaves, featuring the twelve symbols of the Chinese zodiac in sequential order; ink and ink and color on paper, with artist’s inscriptions

One of fifty-four paintings (originally fifty-five); ink and color on paper

One of fifty-four paintings (originally fifty-five); ink and color on paper

Album leaf; ink and color on paper

Album leaf; ink and color on paper

One of fifty-four paintings (originally fifty-five); ink and color on paper