Anonymous: Herd of Deer in a Maple Grove
This work is famous as the masterpiece of bird-and-flower landscape painting from the Five Dynasties period. The two great styles of Five Dynasties bird-and-flower painting, namely the tree trunks and leaves executed in the kou-le-t'ien-ts'ai-fa ("method of outline filled with color") according to the Huang-shih-t'i (Huang family style) developed in Szechwan province, and the elegant deer depicted in the mo-ku-fa ("boneless method") following the Hsu-shih-t'i (Hsu family style) originated in the Chiang-nan (south of the Yangtze) region, are beautifully fused and sublimated in this single work. It is an extremely important and rare work of treasure also in the history of painting to trace the progress towards the style of the Northern Sung Imperial Painting Academy.

P2 Anonymous: Herd of Deer in a Maple Grove Five Dynasties period hanging scroll / ink and color on silk artwork : 118.4 x 64.6cm hanging scroll : 212.0 x 76.0cm 72,000yen