Emperor Hui-tsung: Wild Birds on Wild Prunus
Emperor Hui-tsung (1082-1135), whose family name was Chao and given name was Chi, was the eleventh son of the Sung Emperor Shen-tsung. Hui-tsung, well known as a literati emperor devoted to prose and poetry, was skilled in calligraphy and painting. He was talented in human figure and bird-and-flower paintings, and showed prominence in the vivid depiction of figures. He fully demonstrated his preeminent talent for the three accomplishments of poetry, calligraphy and painting in this work, on which he inscribed a pentasyllabic verse in the shou-chin ("slender gold") style.

		P22-1 Emperor Hui-tsung: Wild Birds on Wild Prunus Sung dynasty hanging scroll/ink and color on silk artwork : 82.8 x 52.8cm hanging scroll : 189.0 x 54.8cm 56,000yen
		P22-2 Emperor Hui-tsung: Wild Birds on Wild Prunus framed/ink and color on silk artwork : 82.8 x 52.8cm frame : 105.3cm x 65.3cm 75,000yen