Beauties on an Outing  (Detail).
Came from Rosiel (Taiwan)... 

... with the incredible seal she made on the occasion of Year of the Rabbit.

Beauties on an Outing .
Attributed to Li Kung-lin (1049-1106), Sung Dynasty .
Handscroll, ink and colors on silk, 33.4 x 112.6 cm

This work is based on the archaic verse "Beauties on an Outing" by Tu Fu (711-770), who described therein the opulent beauty of the noble ladies of Ch'in, Han, and Kuo (the latter being the elder sister of the famous Yang Kuei-fei). Nine figures are shown here on an excursion on horseback in early spring. The plump ladies and muscular horses as well as the clothing, hairstyles, and coloring all suggest the style of T'ang (618-907) culture and painting. A late Northern Sung (960-1126) copy of a T'ang rendition of this subject is similar in composition to this one. Later connoisseurs, perhaps because Li Kung-lin was said to specialize in figures and horses, attributed it as a copy done by him. Actually, this work was completed probably some time after the Southern Sung period (1127-1279).