Watching the Washing of the Elephant

Signed and Dated 1588

Original: Colour and Ink on Paper. Size: 140.8 cm. by 46.6 cm. Wallscroll

　Ting Yun-p'eng, whose lifetime extended from the latter part of the 16th century to the early part of the17th century, was born at Hsiu-ning, Anhwel. He was an artist as well as a scholar and poet. His style name was Nan-yu, his sobriquet Sheng-hua Chu-shih. For portraits of Buddhist figures, he studied the works of Wu Tao-hsuan (T'ang Dynasty) and Li Lung-mien (Northern Sung Dynasty). His landscapes also attained the 'wonderful' category.