清 王槩 設計，李漁出版 芥子園畫傳 版本|Old Trees by Li Cheng (919–967), as interpreted by Kuncan (1612–1673), from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting
1679
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From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
清 王槩 設計，李漁出版 芥子園畫傳 版本|Old Trees by Li Cheng (919–967), as interpreted by Kuncan (1612–1673), from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting is a 1679 ink by Wang Gai, a Baroque work, depicting tree, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows two open pages of a book filled with black ink trees and hills. The left page has tall, bare branches clustered near a rocky outcrop. The right page adds a small figure in robes near a village, with more trees and layered mountains in the distance. Ink lines define every leaf and rock, and faint color hints at shadows. The artist used a method called *cross-hatching*—layered lines to build up dark areas. This was a way to make depth without heavy shading, common in East Asian prints. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists use lines like this.
