Signed Gu Zikang, Dated cyclically to the Gengyin year, corresponding to 1950, and of the period Ink and pigment on paper, depicting on one side a mountainous landscape and a cat amid blossoming peony, the reverse with a bearded sage and a gnarled branch of plum blossoms, each image interspersed with calligraphic inscriptions in clerical, cursive, seal and running scripts, signatures of Gu Zikang, Wang Xiaosong and Lanzhai, eleven seals. 38cm (15in) wide