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(3447) One Makimono, or Scroll Painting, by Li Lang Mien.
Sung. Chinese.

On silk in ink.
A mountainous landscape with trees, streams and three bridges, in which many figures of Lohana and followers are seen.
At the beginning one sits in a chair reading; another sits before a rook table talking to a companion; one holds a circular incense bowl with both hands from which smoke ascends; another rides in a two-wheeled cart, drawn by a deer; another is astride a tiger; another is on a deer; another [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] stands on a stone bridge under which water runs swiftly; at the finish another stone bridge is being crossed by a Lohan with a staff over his right shoulder.
The signture is written over a red seal, Li Kang Lin, and is found upon a steep embankment.
Four additional red seals above and below the signature; other red seals and a written signature at the beginning.
Three manuscript certificates follow the painting.
Length, 11' 6 1/2". Height, 11 1/4".

Purchased from Worch & Cie, Paris, as per Voucher #27, January 1910, for Francs 1,500., plus express, etc.,

295.00

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Please check: 2 - on 18th line after the word "steep" Once enlarged on screen, the word is "embankment" ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-05-27 13:29:50