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[[note]] 2.754.50 [[/note]]

100. One Small, Square, Unmounted Painting, by Chien-t'ang 
Shen Mou. Chinese.

[[strikethrough]] [[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN. [[/stamp]] [[note]] 100 [[/note]] [[/strikethrough]]
[[note]] Rej. #33 [[/note]] 

3 Ch (54)

Painted on silk in ink and tints.
A mountainous landscape in which a group of rustic buildings, surrouned by ancient blossoming hawthorne-trees, is seen. Within one of the buildings, a single figure is seen.
The drawing is freely done and the silk is somewhat mildewed.
Signature at left; two red seals in lower left corner.
Height, 11 1/4".

[[note]] This painting was taken out of S. I. on Jan. 22, 1918 & Painting List 153 substituted therefor. [[/note]]
[[note]] Gift to Mr. N. M. Freer, February 1920.[[/note]]

Purchased from Lee Vun Ching, China, while on trip during 1910/11, Journal Voucher #1 December, 1911, for Mex. $10., plus customs, frt., &c., 5.00
[[note]] 2.759.50 [[/note]]

[[note]] Considered up to this point for Appendix IV to Smithsonian Inventory, Nov. 1, 1912. [[/note]]


[[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN. [[/stamp]] [[note]] 101. [[/note]][[note]] 13.55 [[/note]]

[[circled]] 101. [[/circled]] One Small, Upright [[strikethrough]] Unmounted [[/strikethrough]] Painting by Li Lung-mien.
Sung. Chinese.

Finely drawn in ink on paper. The figure of Kwanyin in a sitting position, inclined to the right, with her right hand resting on space, the right fingers holding open a scroll. Her left hand reaches upward, with palm opened outward. Her two feet are near each other, the toes of the right turning downward and those of the left upward.
Her drapery consists of a single garment, which winds over her left shoulder and clings around loins and upper legs. Her sash falls gracefully in coils to her feet. Beside an open scroll at her right side two peaches, with foliage, three gourds and a strip of tiger's skin appear. On her left side, near her knee, high coiling waves and long thin foliage of water-plant are seen.

Signature is lower right-hand corner reading "Lung-mien."

Without seal.
Height 12 1/4" Width 9 1/2"

Purchased from Mrs. R. Meyer-Riefstahl, Paris.
Voucher #27 July, 1913,. plus exp. $600.00

[[note]] 600.00 [[/note]]
[[note]] Considered up to this point for Appendix V to Smithsonian Inventory, March 2, 1914.[[/note]]

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