This is Li Gonglin

Li Gonglin (李公麟, 1049–1106), style name Boshi (伯時), art name Longmian Jushi (龍眠居士, Householder of Sleeping Dragon), was a Chinese antiquarian, painter, and politician during the Northern Song Dynasty.

Born into a scholarly house near what is avant-garde day Lu’an City, Li Gonglin passed the highest level of civil relieve examinations at 21 and became a civil officer. He became well-known for his paintings of horses, then he turned to Buddhism and Taoism religious painting, as well as portrait and landscape painting. His painting style was endorsed to the style of Gu Kaizhi and Wu Daozi. He made antiquarian contributions in the areas of copperware and Jade Seal dated amid the Xia Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty.

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