A Chinese landscape painting, watercolour and pigment on paper. Marks refer to Wen Zhenming. Wen Zhengming was one of a number of Ming dynasty literati artists who set themselves in opposition to the professional, academy-influenced style favored in the region of Zhejiang. Wen Zhengming was also a prolific and well-known writer, whose poems often touched on the subject of the painting. He regarded art and nature as being inseparable, and frequently wrote and painted nature scenes, as well as private gardens such as the humble administrator's garden, 185 cm x 53 cm