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In this landscape, he treated painting like calligraphy, rearranging familiar motifs in new ways and “writing” strange-looking rock and tree forms in an expressive play of brush and ink. His inscription, which also appears on an earlier painting dated 1679, reads:</p><p><br><em>An angry lion tearing at a rock,<br>A thirsty steed galloping to a spring,<br>Wind and rain gathering,<br>Mist and clouds in myriad shapes,<br>Sublime and unworldly,<br>Calm, steady, and straightforward.<br>I apply these feelings with my brush and ink,<br>But express myself beyond brush and ink.<br>Will not the connoisseur upon seeing this die of laughter?</em></p><p><br>Translated by Wen C. Fong</p>","remarks":"Asian rotation February 2019"}],"datebegin":1695,"sortnumber":"1984   48y","published_date":"2026-04-18 02:00:06.904088","objectid":32826,"dimensions":"Painting: 184.8 x 88.3 cm. (72 3/4 x 34 3/4 in.)\r\nMount: 268 x 94.4 cm. (105 1/2 x 37 3/16 in.)","on_view":false}