On this leaf, a calm river spreads below willows and bare trees, with a lone boat and a small waterside village under a poem written in the upper corner. Dai Xi (1801-1860), a Qing landscape painter of the Daoguang and Xianfeng reigns influenced by Wang Hui, painted this eight-leaf album at fifty-one, one of his best late works, depicting the scenery of his home region in southern China.
