Ink and light color painting of tall, sparse trees on a rocky islet, a flat-roofed pavilion at right, misty hills and water behind, and calligraphy in the upper left.

Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters, after Ni Zan

An ink and color album leaf showing slender trees rising from a rocky shore, with distant hills and water receding into pale mist. A small pavilion with a flat roof sits at right, and columns of calligraphy run down the upper left corner.

Artist: Lan Ying
Date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), first half of 17th century
Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1309 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Samuel M. Nickerson fund

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