Shen Chou: Lofty Mount Lu
Shen Chou (1427-1509) was a native of Ch'ang-chou (Soochow). His style name was Ch'i-nan, and his sobriquets were Shih-t'ien and Pai-shih-weng. He undertook landscape painting, the art transmitted over the generations of his family as a specialty, extensively copied Sung and Yuan dynasty masterpieces and mastered the secrets of variation. This painting was produced when he was forty-one to celebrate the longevity of his master Ch'en K'uan. According to the epigraph composed by himself, the main peak of Mount Lu represents his master whom he reveres. The work is a masterpiece in which Shen Chou's art is condensed.

P15 Shen Chou: Lofty Mount Lu Ming dynasty hanging scroll/ ink and light color on paper artwork : 193.8 x 98.1cm hanging scroll : 212.0 x 104.5cm 144,000yen