书城外语ChinesePaintings
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第31章 FlowerBasket-LiSong

Flower Basket, a Song Dynasty(960.1279) painting by Li Song, 40cm×40cm, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Taipei.

Li Song(1166.1234), a Southern Song painter, served in the imperial art academy during the reigns of Emperor Guangzong, Emperor Ningzong and Emperor Lizong. He was skillful at drawing characters, images of Buddha and Taoists, and particularly at architectural painting. His extant works include Flower Basket, Skeleton Puppet Show and Peddler.