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Chin T’ing-piao (style name Shih-k’uei) was a native of Wu-ch’eng (modern Hu-chou, Chekiang) who was good at painting human figures and flowers. During the Southern Tour of the Ch’ien-lung emperor (r. 1736-1795), he presented “An Album of Lohans in Plain Outlines.” He subsequently received a position at the Inner Court and was praised by the Ch’ien-lung emperor. Chin T’ing-piao was fond of using a stiff brush in a style similar to that of the Ming dynasty painter T’ang Yin (1470-1523). Thus, among the painters at the Ch’ing dynasty court, Chin T’ing-piao possessed a special style. Depicted in this album leaf is a lohan riding on the back of a tiger as it walks across the water waves. The lohan is in a very spirited stance as he stares with his fierce, wide-open eyes and makes a fist with one hand. The album leaf was painted solely using the plain outline (pai-miao) method. The drapery lines twist and turn, stop and pause, thus possessing power in its terseness.
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