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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 松鹤延年 was made by Shen 沈铨 (1682—1760), who was born in Zhejiang Province. He was skilled in painting animals, girls, birds. This painting scroll tells the hope for the longevity cherished by most people, especially old ones. Specification Whole painting scroll: width: 56cm, height: 140cm Painting size: width: 48cm, height: 93.8cm [Author]: Shen Quan, Qing Dynasty [Material]: Painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material -
Description This painting 秋山渔隐图轴 describes doing fishing in retreat places where no people frequent. Author Introduction Lan Ying 蓝瑛 (1585-1664), one of the painters in Ming Dynasty (1585- about 1666). Born in Qian Tang (now Hangzhou Zhejiang). The representative painter among Zhejiang school of artists in Ming Dynasty. He was good at painting landscape, flowers and birds, plum.. Specification [Author] Lan Ying, Ming Dynasty. [Size] Core painting area: 44x132cm / Whole size: 55x205cm [Material] Core painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material [Production]: hand work [Source]: Tianjin Museum . -
Description Damour or Dharma is a famou Buddhism figure 达摩神悟图. Author Introduction Fan Zeng 1938.7.5-, born in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China contemporary scholar, thinker, master in Chinese calligraphy, painting, poem and literature. Now serves as director of Chinese Painting Research Institute at Peking University, lifelong China Art Research Institute researcher, Nankai University, an honorary doctor of literature, with the honorary degree of doctor of literature, University of Alberta. He has published more than 160 poem together with calligraphy and painting, philosophical writings. . Specification Name: Damour in Chan Meditation Author: Fan Ceng. Size: width: 55 cm / height: 162cm Material: core painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material Production: hand work -
Description The painting 鹊华秋色 scroll features autumn mountains in Qi State where magpie dwells. On the painting scroll people can find reeds, looming fishermans houses. Under thick leaves shade people can behold two steep mountain, opposite in distance. The authors used freehand brushwork to paint rocks and trees as well as mountains with fine and soft cascading layers, and using light color to ink moist and thawing effect. . Specification [Author]: Zhao Mengtiao, Yuan Dynasty [Size]: height: 40 Width: 140 cm [Material]: paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material [Production]: hand work [Source] Taipei Museum of the Imperial Palace . -
Description "Village Surrounded By Water" 山村图 is a picture of a long scroll with ink landscape, depicting a friend settled down in seclusion with quiet scenery. Specification Author: Zhao Mengtiao, Yuan Dynasty Size: Height: 34cm / Width: 180cm Material: Core painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material Production: hand work. -
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. -
Description Tang Yin painted a straw yard. An old man sitting on a mat, wearing a towel, dressed in loose robes, hugging his knees to look up at the sky, like singing or sighing, with calm expression. Indoor is frugal, censer and stationery table shows the author's identity and interests. Behind is bamboo fence, in accompany with trees in variety. The painting 唔子养性图 features comfort, easiness, figures’ expression well compatible with environment. . Specification Author: Ming Tang Yin. Size: height: 40cm / width: 145cm Material: painting paper made from rice stalk, silk cloth as background material Source: From Liaoning Museum Size: Height: 40 cm, width: 145 cm, -
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 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 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
