signed XIGULI,inscribed,and with one seal of the artist inscribed by Xiang Yuanbian with two seals inscribed by Wen Zhengming with one seal ink and color on silk, hanging scroll Li Tang (1050 – 1130)was a Chinese landscape painter who practised at Kaifeng and Hangzhou during the Song dynasty. He forms a link between earlier painters such as Guo Xi, Fan Kuan and Li Cheng and later artists such as Xia Gui and Ma Yuan. He perfected the technique of "axe-cut" brush-strokes.