Artist: Wang Shishen
Date: Qing (AD 1644-1911)
Year: the 8th year of Yongzheng reign period of Qing (AD 1730), when the author was aged 45.
Dimensions: Length 25 cm, Width 31.5 cm
Material: Ink and colour on paper

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Tag：
  • album leaves flower plant wang shishen qing paper ink and colour

Wang Shishen (1686-1759), known as a famous painter and calligrapher of the Qing dynasty, was one of the ‘Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou’, who made his home in Yangzhou. He was good at painting plum trees, known for dense pistils and numerous branches, with an elegant style and a perfect employment of ink shadow.