The Hanging Scroll of Crape Myrtle and Lotus Painted by Shi Tao

Qing Dynasty.
Ink and color on silk.
The painting describes Crape Myrtle and Lotus. At the upper left part of the painting, it is inscribed with a poem and two seals. The inscription writes," during the playtime,written by the qingxiang yeren in dingchou." Below it is curved in red in seal script as a oval stamp,writing" Old man qingxiang". The seal script in white curved " written and painted by the old man who lives in the mountain"