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Description This painting was made by Wen Zhengming 文徵明 (1470-1559), Ming Dynasty. He was born in Jiangsu Province. He was a writer, painter and an expert in calligraphy. He was skilled in painting mountains and characters. This painting scroll depicts carefree life style of a hermit in mountains. Specification Whole painting scroll: width: 49cm, height: 193cm Painting size: width: 41cm, height: 143cm [Author]: Wen Zhenming, Ming Dynasty [Material]: Painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material -
Description This painting 山水图 was made by Wang Cui 王翠 (1632 — 1717), Qing Dynasty. He was born in Jiangsu Province. He was an expert in painting mountains, rivers and lakes. This painting scroll depicts hermit life within depth of mountains. Specification Whole painting scroll: width: 59cm, height: 128cm Painting size: width: 51cm, height: 83cm [Author]: Wang Hui, Qing 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 was made by Wang Shizhen 王士祯 (1634—1711), Qing Dynasty. He was born in Shandong Province. He was a poet, writer and a painter. He was also an expert in calligraphy. This painting scroll depicts carefree life style enjoyed by a hermit. Specification Whole painting scroll: width: 220cm, height: 55cm Painting size: width: 190cm, height: 45cm [Author]: Wang Shizhen, Qing Dynasty [Material]: Painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material -
Description This painting 千里江山图 was made by Wang Ximeng (1096 - ?), Northern Song Dynasty. He was a genus in Chinese painting and left people with very few works. He died very young – 20 years old. This painting scroll depicts rolling mountain ranges, villages, markets, active characters using special painting skills and colors. Specification Whole painting scroll: width: 237cm, height: 55cm Painting size: width: 190cm, height: 45cm [Author]: Wang Ximeng, Northern Song Dynasty [Material]: Painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material -
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 山寺图 was made by Pu Xinfan 溥心番 (1896～1963), who was born in Beijing. He once studied in Germany. He was skilled in painting mountains, characters as well as writing poem. This painting scroll depicts the hermitage featuring remote mountain and temple environment that are away from noisy human society. Specification Whole painting scroll: width: 48cm, height: 155cm Painting size: width: 40cm, height: 110cm [Author]: Pu Xinfan, Qing Dynasty [Material]: Painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material -
Description This painting （听琴图）was made by Zhao Ji 赵佶 (1082 - 1135), Song Dynasty. He was the eighth emperor in Song Dynasty. He was captured by Jin troops and died in 1135. He was a genus in literature and arts. This painting scroll depicts people listening to the zither playing under trees. Specification Whole painting scroll: width: 55cm, height: 145cm Painting size: width: 45cm, height: 102cm [Author]: Zhao Ji, Song Dynasty [Material]: Painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material -
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 is an ancient Chinese painting 老子图 depicting Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism Specification Whole painting width: 55 cm, height: 165 cm; [Material: painting material made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material -
Description This painting 人物山水画 was made by Shiao Chen 萧晨 (1658－?), Qing Dynasty. He was born in Yang Zhou, Jiangsu Province. He was skilled in fine brushwork and poem. This painting scroll depicts two hermits talking in retreat mountain valley. Specification Whole painting scroll: width: 173cm, height: 55cm Painting size: width: 143cm, height: 45cm [Author]: Shiao Chen, Qing Dynasty [Material]: Painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material -
Description This painting 十四经络图 depicts the fourteen meridians . Specification Its height: 55 cm, width: 210 cm, painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material.
