This concerns a work particularly representative of a type of painting that flourished in the 10th and 11th centuries during the reign of the Northern Sung Dynasty (960-1127), which brought renewed unity to Chinese painting. The "northern" style, initiated by Ching Hoa and Kuan T'ung, reached the stage of utmost tension with Fan K'uan (fl. 990-1020) and his Travellers Among Mountains and Streams represents and epitomizes painting by the great classical masters of the period. The art of calligrap...