On the top of the mountain is a table flanked by two empty chairs. There are no people in the painting, and the leafless trees but lack of snow suggest autumn. The pot on the table looks as though it could be for wine, but the inscription on the painting suggests it is for tea. The inscription says, ²

1 沈散思號知玄 Zhi Xuan is one of the nicknames used by Shen Sansi, a contemporary painter living in Beijing. In 2006-7 his paintings were being exhibited in 汲悟齊 Jiwu Zhai (Absorbing Awareness Gallery) at 北京琉璃廠西街南柳2號 #2 Nanliu Street, at the west end of Liuli Chang in Beijing.
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2 In Chinese: 空山茗香月下留。丁卯夏月知玄。
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