interior painting

Description The painting's 听琴图 background was handled very concisely. Behind the protagonist is a tree, with luxuriant longissima clinging. Under the pine tree are a number of bamboo culm, verdant, swaying. In addition to piano case, only a few incense burning on the incense burner. Opposite to protagonist is a small and exquisite stone on which stands a small tripod, with the flower shoots within. This painting make people feel that this is a high level park, carefully tailored by the painter. All sets as well as the position of the minor characters are arranged around the protagonist's performance. The of the whole picture makes people feel the atmosphere in the stillness, and get on the bursts of sound of the piano, together with the sound of the breeze stirred the pine leaves. A poem from Bai Juyi can well describe the beaut: "the sound of silence.". Specification Whole painting: width: 45cm, height: 182cm [Author]: Zhao Ji, Northern Song Dynasty, [Material]: painting paper made from from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material Click HERE for more pictures

Description This painting 山水图 was created by Chou Ying 仇英 (1494－1552), Ming Dynasty. He was born in Jiangsu Province. He was skilled in painting female characters, flowers, mountains and rivers. This painting scroll depicts the hermit life featuring remote mountains that are away from noisy human society. .". Specification Whole painting scroll: width: 55cm, height: 145cm Painting size: width: 47cm, height: 98cm [Author]: Chou Ying, Ming Dynasty [Material]: Painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material

Description This painting 溪山清远图 features rock hill, steeply rising rock, jungle tree, temple, mountains hazy, vast river surface, landscape running far off. All elements combine very naturally, no sense of procrastination. The rocks was painted like with coarse big ax, with strength in ink rendering. Towers and houses painted in layers, with no artificiality. Although landscape and figures were handled in simplified way, a variety of dynamic interaction appear vividly on the paper. Specification Author introduction: Xia GUI, painter of the Southern Song dynasty. Born in Qian Tang (now Zhejiang Hangzhou). His painting features profound composition, simple ink line, steep and refreshing sense, ax-like line style. Height: 34 cm, width: 840 cm, painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material.

Description This painting 八仙过海 depicts the scene where eight immortals sailing across the ocean in a legendary story. Each of eight immortals has different character and behavior but they are together in sailing across the ocean of delusion Specification Height: 55cm, width: 127 cm (tolerance allowed)