Page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

Page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting by Wang Gai. The image shows an illustration of a landscape with a curved top and flat bottom. The illustration is in black ink with some gray shading. A large tree with bare branches and a bushy top is on the right. A smaller tree with a bushy top is on the left. A thatched roof hut is behind the trees. A small house sits on the bottom left near a stream. A person and a child walk on a raised path on the right side. A bridge with a railing is in the background on the left. A body of water is behind the trees and bridge. A mountain with a curved outline is on the left side of the background. Chinese characters are written in black ink at the top right. A red seal is above the characters. The paper is yellowed and aged with darker spots and a darker border around the edges.