P2    Herd of Deer in a Maple Grove

This work is famous as the maser piece of bird-and flower landscape painting from the Five Dynasties period. The two great styles of Five Dynasties bird-and-flower painting namely the tree trunks and leave executed in the kou-le-tien ai-fa( method of outline filled with color) according to the Huang-shih ti (Huang family style ) developed in Szechwan province, and the elegant deer depicted in the mo-ku-fa ( boneless method ) following the Hsu-shih-ti (hsu family style) originated in the Chian-nan (south of the Yangtze ) region, are beautifully fused and sublimated in this single work.  It is an extremely important and rare work of treasure also in the history of painting to trace the progress towards the style of the Northern Sung Imperial Painting Academy.

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