Chinese ink painting on paper mounted in a vertical scroll, China, 20th century Black ink on paper depicting a gnarled pine tree surrounded by lingzhi mushrooms. Illustrated on the left with a poem and two seals. On the right, another red seal. The poem is by Wu Zhen, Chinese painter and calligrapher (1280-1354), and can be translated as follows: "After a meal of grains as fine as jade, the day stretches on, and the celestial song of the purple lingzhi echoes, imbuing the atmosphere with an autumnal intensity". Sight size: approx. 130 x 40.5 cm