清 戴本孝 山水圖 冊 紙本, Landscapes, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), China, Album of twelve leaves; ink on paper, Each: 8 7/16 ? 6 9/16 in. (21. 4 ? 16. 7 cm), Paintings, Dai Benxiao (Chinese, 1621?1693), All his life Dai pursued a dry, softly textured style, creating evocative images of Daoist reclusion and high-minded self-cultivation. This album, one of the finest examples of Dai?s art, is stylistically datable to his late maturity, circa 1690