| 内容简介（英文） | Tiao Kuang-yin was from Yung-chin (present-day Sian). To escape from the dangers of the Huang Chao rebellion, he fled to Szechwan with the emperor Hsi-tsung (r. 873 – 888). At the turn of the tenth century, he accompanied the emperor Chao-tsung (r.888-904) to Ch'eng-tu, Szechwan. He was noted for his paintings of rocks, flowers and bamboo, cats and rabbits, dragons and water, and birds. He lived in Szechwan for over thirty years, where he taught many pupils such as Huang Ch'uan and K'ung Sun. These ten album leaves, all rendered in color, are exquisitely executed in careful detail. The artist's signature in gold is particularly fine. The first album leaf depicts a blossoming peach tree and two butterflies; the second, five sheep beneath withered old trees; the third, sunflowers and an upright rock; the fourth, a rabbit resting beneath a stately pine; the fifth, bamboo |
