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The Jung-hsi Studio
Ni Tsan (A.D. 1301-1374)
Yuan Dynasty
Ink on paper. Hanging scroll.
74.7 x 35.5cm.
Ni Tsan was a native
of Wu-hsi, Kiansu. His
style name was Yuan-chen
and his sobriquet Yun-lin.
One of the Four Masters of
the Yuan dynasty, Ni was
noted for his landscapes,
bamboos and rocks.
Executed when the artist
was 72 years old, the
colophon states that this
painting was first given to
Ni's friend Pei-hsuan, who
kept it for three years and
then gave it to his physician
friend Chung-jen asking the
artist to inscribe a poem.
Jung-hsi was the name of
Chung-jen's residence.
The brushwork in the
painting is especially bland
and refined, with tonal
variations in the trees most
carefully built up. An upright
brush with point-centered
energy has been employed
more often than a slanted
brush; and broken hemp-
fibre strokes are more
frequent than washes in the
modeling of the rocks.