Paper, vertical scroll, 132 cm long and 64 cm wide.
The composition is clear and layered. The brush used is mainly straight, square and folded lines. Although the trees and rocks are broad and sparse, the depiction is subtle. The shape is similar to that of Ni Yunlin, but the connotation is different. Later generations commented that Cha Shibiao's paintings are "lazy in style and desolate in spirit". It forms a style that is clear, refreshing, and simple in brushwork and ink. If Ni Zan's paintings are elegant and graceful, then Mei He Sanren's paintings indeed reveal a casual, elegant, lazy and cold charm, which is unique in his own style and is a typical representative work of Cha Shibiao. Ink pen on clear paper, 25.2 cm long and 26.3 cm wide
Collected by the Palace Museum
This picture was drawn by the author at the invitation of his friend Wang Cilang from Tongli, Wang's residence, Shuiyunju. Scenic spots in the area. The brushwork is concise and the composition is clear and distant. It is the author's representative work of landscape painting. The end of the volume is from the end of the 19th line of the postscript [Three days after Kangxi Ding Weixiu, a friend in Tongli checked the scholar's mark and identified it]. There are two seals: [二Look] and [Zha Shibiao]. It also bears many seals such as [Wuxing Pang's Collection] and other collection seals. According to Ding Wei, it was the sixth year of Kangxi, 1667 AD, and the author was fifty-three years old. Ink on paper vertical scroll
Creation year: 1673
Inscription: Hanjiang trees fall into the water without waves, and there are many clouds and mountains on all sides. I laugh at the beauty of Nijia's hills and valleys, and I want to paint Vimalakirti with light ink. In the tenth month of Guichou, Shibiao was painted in the Waiting Goose Tower.
Seals: Shibiao’s private seal (in white), Zha Erzhan (in Zhu), Drunkard’s intention is not to drink (in white)
Inscription and postscript: Zha Erzhan was born in Wanli of the Ming Dynasty In the forty-third year of Yimao, this scroll was made in the Guichou year of the tenth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. He was eighty-four years old and could not be called Qian. Jia Shenchun, Xu Bangda's observation notes. Collection information:
Vertical scroll, paper, 131 cm in length and 37 cm in width, collected by Tianjin Museum.
Appreciation of the work:
There are several tall trees on the near slope of the picture, with water and stone beach in the middle, and distant mountains are arranged at the top of the picture, using the typical composition pattern in Ni Yunlin's works. picture. The landscape is desolate and cold, the writing style is sparse and simple, and the calligraphy is learned from Dong Qichang. The picture is self-titled "Looking alone at the stream pavilion. The Yimao Guiyue was written in the Waiting Goose Tower, Cha Shibiao." It was in the 14th year of Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1675), and the author was 61 years old. The seal has a white seal with the square seal "Shibiaozhi", a Zhu Wen square seal with the seal "Second View", and the first seal with a Zhu Wen square seal has the seal "Mei He".