From Chan Kengtin's work, we can witness the fascinating clash of modern city life with the ideals of traditional Chinese landscape painting. Chan's imagery is usually a reflection of his inner world, and his paintings often have a feeling of vagueness about them, as if showing a kind of primeval chaos. His shards of glass method of depicting rocks and mountains has become a main element of his artistic language over the past five years, and the inspiration for this distinctive technique came from the crackle glaze found in Song dynasty Guan ware. This lot, Moon on the River, gives the impression of a landscape after snowfall, its many shades of white and silver mirroring the vastness and magnificence of the universe. But ultimately, the expressive imagery and composition serve to depict the artist's inner moods and vistas.