Zheng Xie,also known as Ke Rou and Banqiao was born in Xinghua City, Zhejiang Province. Zheng was one of eight eccentric painters of the Yangzhou School.Zheng Xie was good at poetry, calligraphy and painting. He was an accomplished artist at painting flowers and rocks ,particularly with orchids and bamboo. This is an especially fine painting.

郑燮（1693-1765），字克柔，号板桥，江苏兴化人。扬州八怪之一。工诗词，善书画。善画花卉木石，尤擅兰竹，书亦别致，自称六分半书。

History of the Object

As the then main salt distributing center during the Qing Dynasty, Yangzhou enjoyed a period of prosperity, which brought with it a cultural boom. This resulted in the formation of the Yangzhou School, along with a group of painters known as the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, who broke away from conventions and revolted against narrow mindedness, and consequently had a deep influence on contemporary Chinese paintings.