Ten Prized Horses : The 
Piebald Hsueh-tien Tiao
Lang Shih-ning (Giuseppe 
Castiglione, A.D. 1688-1766)
Ch'ing Dynasty
Hanging scroll.
Ink and colors on silk.
238.2 x 270.6cm
     This painting is a 
good illustration of Lang 
Shih-ning's style, in 
which he combines the 
indigenous Chinese 
tradition of line-based 
painting with the Western 
realist method of using 
chiaroscuro to produce 
a three-dimensional effect.