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the picture. I have absolutely satisfied myself, so far as is humanly possible, of the unimpeachable authenticity of the work and believe it to be no less assured than is your painting of Liu Pei, Chao Lieh Tu.  But I greatly value and welcome the criticism of my friends, especially that of so excellent a judge as yourself, and cordially thank you for this expression, just as gratefully as I should have thanked you in case of a favourable judgment.

I have an album of T'ang and Sung paintings (including a wonderful shed of two rabbits by a T'ang artist) from Tuan