Lao Zheng [Lao Cheng] 勞澂
(paintings dated 1681-98)

“A Thousand Peaks at Huangshan”
黄山千叠図

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
207.0 x 49.5 cm. (81 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions:
“A Thousand Peaks at Huangshan.”

“Lofty ranges and high hills screen the blue sky,
within them is a wood-cutter but no spirits or immortals;
Leisurely I look to where their chess games were played,
but in this world they ended several hundred years ago.
Zheng.”

Artist’s seal:
Lao zheng chili yin