Li Ti: Homeward Oxherds in Wind and Rain

Sung Dynasty

Hanging scroll / ink and light color on silk

Artwork : 120.4 x 102.5cm

Hangscroll : 200.0 x 104.5cm

Li Ti (twelfth century) was a native of Ho-yang, Honan province. He was active as a painter of the Southern Sung Imperial Painting Academy under Emperors Hsiao-tsung and Kuang-tsung. A new spirit was shown especially in his minutely depicted bird-and-flower and human figure paintings. This work, with its detailed yet fluent brushstrokes, occupies a position worthy of special attention among other pieces by Li Ti.