Two circular paintings depicting a white rabbit and a black pig, Zhan Ru Ma Jin-湛如馬晋 (1900-1970 )Ink and polychrome on paper. The rabbit and the pig are two of the animals of the Chinese zodiac. On the painting of the pig is the inscription 丁亥初春湛如馬晋書 - "Painted by Zhan Ru Ma Jin in the early spring of the year Dinghai (1947)" and two seals of the artist Ma Jin zhi yin - 馬晋之印 and Pavilion Ma Jin Zhan Ru Zhan Hua - 馬晋 湛如 湛华馆. 33 x 43 cmMa Jin studied painting with Jin Cheng in Beijing and specialized in the fine brush style of horse painting introduced by Lan Shining (Giuseppe Castiglione, 1688-1766) . He had many talents, including painting flowers and birds, and excelled in kite making.