Sung Dynasty
Hanging scroll / ink on silk
Artwork : 130.1 x 104.4cm
Hanging scroll : 230.0 x 106.4cm
Wen T'ung (1018-1079) was a native of Tzu-t'ung, Szechwan province. His style name was Yu-k'o, and his sobriquets were Chin-chiang tao-jen and Hsiao-hsiao hsien-sheng. He was talented in poetry, prose, calligraphy and painting, but excelled especially in painting. His ink bamboos executed in vigorous and refined brushstrokes were commented on their realism. This piece is a representative monumental work from the zenith of Wen T'ung's career. The painting, which is a marvelous depiction of the lively forms of the bamboo, exerted the greatest influence on later periods as the standard of its genre
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