The sensitive and precise drawing, reinforced by delicate shading in ink, is an example of baihua, or "white painting," a term used in Tang texts to describe monochrome painting with ink shading, as opposed to painting in full color. The later term baimiao, or "white drawing," denotes line drawing without shading, as seen in the paintings by Li Gonglin (ca. 1049–1106). The numerous seals and inscriptions added to this handscroll and its borders by later owners and appreciators are a distinctive feature of Chinese collecting and connoisseurship. While collectors were sometimes overzealous in showing their appreciation in this manner, the seals and comments added by later viewers record a work's transmission and offer vivid testimony of its continuing impact on later generations.