Artist: Li Sheng

Date: Yuan (1271-1368)

Dimensions: Height 23.0 cm, Width 68.4 cm

Material: Ink and colour on paper

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • The Painting and Calligraphy of Shanghai Gallery
• Tag：
  • seeing off a friend dian lake handscroll li sheng yuan ink and colour paper

Li Sheng, also known by his zi (designated name) Ziyun and his hao (literary name) Ziyunsheng, was native to Haoliang (nowadays Fengyang, Anhui province). In his later years, he lived in a simple house near Dianshan Lake (also called Dian Lake before, located in nowadays Qingpu district, Shanghai). He was adept in painting ink bamboo and rock, as well as landscape. Li enjoyed equal popularity with Ke Jiusi. This is a farewell gift to the Daoist Cai Xia who was going to Chongzhen Temple. It is the earliest painting known today that depicts the view of Dianshan Lake. It can be regarded as the Shanghai version of Dwelling in Fuchun Mountain.

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