Wen Cheng-ming: Old Trees by a Cold Stream
Wen Cheng-ming (1470-1559) was a native of Ch'ang-chou (Soochow). His original name was Pi and his style name was Cheng-ming, by which he became known later, and thus he assumed another style name Cheng-chung. His sobriquets were Heng-shan and T'ing-yun-sheng. He studied painting under Shen Chou and brought the Wu school literati painting to its perfection. This piece, produced when he was eighty, is a rare example among Wen Cheng-ming's works that is depicted in rough brushwork on a large silk artwork plane.

P47 Wen Cheng-ming: Old Trees by a Cold Stream Ming dynasty hanging scroll/ink and color on silk artwork : 193.4 x 58.8cm hanging scroll : 211.5cm x 71.4cm 94,000yen