徐渭為明代著名文學(xué)家、書畫家、戲曲家。此幅《墨花圖》卷全以水墨繪就，描繪雪中的蒼松、勁竹、芭蕉、梅花、菊花、蘭花、牡丹等，堪稱雜花薈萃，其他空間加以奇石穿插。背景為淡墨渲染，烘托石上及雜花上所積白雪。此卷突出地顯示了徐渭慣以草書入畫的特征，瀟灑靈動，水墨酣暢，揮灑淋漓，肆意紛飛。畫卷后有徐渭大段題跋，以行書題就，矯健多姿，氣概非凡，款署“天池山人”。

XU Wei was a famous writer, calligrapher and playwright in the Ming Dynasty. The scroll ofFlowers in Ink,drawn by Chinese ink, portrays pines, bamboo, plantain, plum, chrysanthemum,orchids, peonies and others in the snow with other space intersperses with strange rocks. The painting background is rendered by light ink,highlighting the miscellaneous flowers on the snow. The scroll gives prominence to his characteristics of employing the cursive intonation with vigorous and colorful style. Large inscriptions in cursive by XU Wei were on the back of painting with extraordinary mettle, inscribed as"Tianchi Shanren".