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The present painting of a mountain landscape with farmers and ox carts reflects the influence of Dong Yuan (c.934–962), a pioneering painter of the Southern Tang dynasty whose style became highly influential in later Chinese landscape painting. The softly undulating hills, shaded rock forms, and gently textured brushwork are characteristic of Dong Yuan. The use of subtle ink washes to create atmospheric depth further evokes his lyrical and naturalistic approach.
See for example, a painting by Dong Yuan, Wintry Groves and Layered Banks, illustrated in Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting, New Haven and London, p.97. This influence was later embraced by Yuan literati painters and reinterpreted by Ming artists, particularly of the Zhe School who harked back to Song styles. See for example, a mountain landscape by an unidentified artist, formerly attributed to Dong Yuan, but now considered Ming or Qing dynasty, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.47.18.56).
See also an anonymous mountain landscape, early 16th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2022, lot 277.