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Property of Various Owners 8140
After Li Gonglin (1049-1106)
8139 Lohans
After Li Gonglin (1049-1106) Ten album leaves mounted as a handscroll, ink on silk, the first nine leaves
Foreigners Bearing Tribute of the eighteen lohans painted in baimiao, the final leaf of Guanyin, the
Handscroll, ink and color on silk, featuring a procession of exotically final leaf with a five character inscription in seal script, attributing the
dressed foreigners bringing tribute, bearing an inscription reading Li painting to Li Longmian (Gonglin), followed by a seal, each album leaf
Gonglin, followed by two seals, with a calligraphic passage mounted after mounted between a calligraphic passage identifying the individual lohans,
the painting, ink on silk, signed and sealed Jinmen Dayin. the final calligraphic passage the Heart Sutra, ink on gold fleck paper,
14 3/4 x 130in (37.4 x 330cm) each calligraphic passage with two seals of the calligrapher, the final
$3,000 - 5,000 calligraphic passage being the Heart Sutra, signed Yu Ji (1272-1348) with
two seals, followed by three colophons signed Wang Chong (1494-1533)
仿李公麟 番族職貢圖 設色絹本 手卷 and Xu Xian.
9 1/4 x 11 1/2in (23.5 x 29.2cm), each painting leaf
Provenance: $10,000 - 15,000
ex-collection Charles Bennett, Syracuse, New York
on loan Royal Ontario Museum 仿李公麟 羅漢 水墨絹本 册頁十開 手卷

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