Keywords: Zha Shibiao - Album of Landscapes - Walters 35208.jpg Now detached these four leaves were originally joined together They were to be looked at one by one like pages in a book A leading artist of Anhui province Zha Shibiao Cha Shih-piao was an old man when he painted these leaves For him as for other Chinese painters nature was a refuge from political strife ca 1687 ink paper cm 38 27 5 accession number 35 208 13523 Fine Chinese Paintings Calligraphy and Rubbings Sale 8474 Christie's New York September 18 1996 lot no 179 Walters Art Museum 1996 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the Asian Art Acquisition Fund 1996 See individual records Each leaf inscribed and signed The final leaf D is inscribed This is my brushwork of ten years ago Now it is 'ding chou' year of the Kangxi ete 1697 Shibiao at the age of eighty-three Each leaf is stamped with the seal of the artist Zha Shi Biao or Zha Er Zhan place of origin China Walters Art Museum license 2D Chinese paintings in the Walters Art Museum Zha Shibiao Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |