Wang Dafan

Each is finely painted with figures and landscapes in a famille rose palette. The first panel depicts a tranquil scene of "Zhu Li Jian Cha," brewing tea amidst the bamboo, with a finely dressed scholar standing gracefully beneath the lush bamboo, while a female attendant kneels on the ground, preparing the tea. Signed Yishan Qiaozi Wang Dafan and inscribed with the title. The other panel features the tale of "Xi Shan Kua Hu," with the Daoist immortal Wu Cailuan and her husband moving ethereally through a mountainous landscape on the backs of tigers, journeying into the realm of immortality. Signed Yishan Dafan Wang Kun, dated to the fifth month of the wuchen cyclical year (1928), with the title inscribed. Each panel has a red artist seal, "Wang Kun hua yin" and "Kun."