Original:
Hanging-scroll, Ink on paper, 57cmX35.3cm
Collector's
seals: Sheng-kuo wen-hsien-i-an t'u-shu, Wang Chang-an fu,
five
Ch'ien-lung chien-ts'ang seals
Three
principal reasons account for the loss of the name of a painter of a
particular painting; many old masters liked to sign their names in small
characters in an empty space between rocks and trees; such spaces were
often at the side of the painting where they were most vulnerable to loss
in remounting or other alteration. Some painters purposely left their
paintings unsigned while others signed on the reverse side. The lack of
signature on this painting arises evidently from one of these reasons.