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This post was last edited by Crazy Snail on 2018-1-24 at 15:59. Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279); silk scroll, ink painting; dimensions: 28 cm in height and 122 cm in width. The original title is “Song Yuan Plum Blossom Combined Scroll”. Ink painting depicts three slender bamboo stalks with blooming plum branches; the silk background is dyed in ink to represent snow pressing down on the branches. Thick ink is used to draw the branches, while fine brushes are employed to outline the patterns, with a graceful stroke. In the bamboo sections, there is a single inscription in running script reading “Created by Yu Gong in the year Xin You”. Xu Yugong (1141 AD~?) ), who styled himself as a person of the Xinyou era, was skilled in painting plums and bamboos, and studied under Yang Buzhi. At the back of this volume are ten pieces of running-script poetry titled \"Liu Shao Qing\" by Song Yang Wujiu, as well as the \"Plum Branches Painting\" by Wu Guan of the Yuan dynasty (whose courtesy name was Yingzhi) and the \"Plum and Bamboo Painting\" by Wu Zhen (who went by the pseudonym Meihua Daoren); all of these are excellent works. There is a poem written by Qianlong at the beginning of the volume, followed by postscripts by Yang Xunji, Xu Shouhe, and others from the Ming dynasty. It was once recorded in works such as Ming Du Mu’s \"Yuyi Bian\", Qing Bian Yongyu’s \"Shigutang Shuhua Huikao\", Wu Sheng’s \"Daguan Lu\", and \"Shiqu Baoji\". Stored and passed on by Yuan Tai of the Ming dynasty, Xu Shouhe, An Qi of the Qing dynasty, as well as the Imperial Treasury of the Qing dynasty. Haichuan Top 10 Members Voting Link