Self inscription:

Unsigned. 2 seals: Shou-ping Cheng-shu. 

Yun Shou-ping (1633-1690) was a native of Wu-chin in Chiang-su.  At first his name was Ke, and his tzu Shou-ping.  He went by the latter name, adding the tzu Cheng-shu, the hao Nan-tien, Tung-yuan Tsao-i, Tung-yuan-ke, Pai-yun wai-shih, Yun-ku wai-shih.  Originally descended of a famous family, he refused to serve the Ching following the collapse of the Ming dynasty.  He worked at poetry and essays, and was considered the head of the so-called Six Free (Spirits) of Pi-ling.  At first he studied landscape painting, but when he met Wang Shan-ku (Hui) of Yushan who excelled in landscape painting he knew he would never be a match for the latter, and changed to flower painting.  In life-sketching he followed the methods of the Northern Sung master Hsu Hsi.  While developing fine brushwork he retained a scholarly air and was widely admired.  Occasionally he painted landscapes and transmitted the spirit of profound and cool mystery of Sung masters.  But his landscapes are scarce, and are highly prized at home and abroad.  In inscribing poetry and prose on paintings he reveals a strange and excellent flavour.  His calligraphy is also elegant and unusual, forming a distinct style.  For this reason he is called Nan-tien of the Three Supremes (poetry, painting and calligraphy)