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Freer Gallery of Art Completed:

14 December

2007 F1916.

539 Last updated:

06 May

2010 1 Trad. attrib. to: Li Gonglin 李公麟 (ca. 1049C1106) Title: The Shu River 蜀川图 Shuchuan tu Dynasty/Date: Southern Song dynasty, 13th century Format: Handscroll Medium: Ink on paper Dimensions: 32.3 x 752.1 cm (12-11/16 x 296-1/8 in) Credit line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer Accession no.: F1916.539 Provenance: Pang Yuanji 庞元济 (1864C1949), Shanghai General description: Wooden box. Brocade scroll wrapper;

mounted with outside label, with four (4) seals. Frontispiece, with text, signature, and one (1) seal, plus additional imperial inscription with signature and two (2) seals. Painting, with no artist signature, date, or seals. Over length of painting:

188 place names, plus

13 short texts, written by unknown hand;

plus four imperial inscriptions, with signatures and twelve (12) seals. Eight written colophons, plus two painted colophons, all with signatures and seals. Total seals: (131). Accoutrements: Plain, dark-brown wooden box, with remnants of two paper tags on one end. Scroll wrapper: Dark-blue Song dynasty brocade. Mounted with outside label, with four (4) imperial seals. Plain dark-brown wooden fastening pin. Outside label: Hongli 弘历, the Qianlong 乾隆 emperor (1711C1799;

reigned 1735C 1796), Freer Gallery of Art Completed:

14 December

2007 F1916.539 Last updated:

06 May

2010 2 李公麟《蜀川图》.内府鉴定珍藏.上上,神品. The River of Shu, by Li Gonglin. Authenticated treasure in the collection of the Imperial Household. Best of the best, [a work of] the divine category. Signature: none Date: none Seals: (4) Yushang『御赏』(rectangle relief) C (1/4) Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief seals) C (1/2) Qianlong chenhan『乾隆宸翰』(square relief) C (1/3) Qinwen zhi xi『钦文之玺』(circle relief) Mounting silk 1: Light tan silk, with phoenix-and-cloud motif, identical to mounting silk 2;

stained and faded. With two (2) large imperial seals, and one (1) smaller imperial seal on left join with frontispiece paper. Dimensions: W 13.2 cm (5-3/16 in) Frontispiece: Ren Daoxun 任道逊 (1422C1503) One sheet light-gray paper;

creased and damaged. With additional inscription by the Qianlong emperor. Dimensions: W 95.2 cm (37-1/2 in) Four horizontal characters, plus five vertical characters, standard script. 《蜀川胜概》.八一道人书. Scenery of the Shu River. Written by Bayi Daoren [Daoist of the Eight-in-One]. Freer Gallery of Art Completed:

14 December

2007 F1916.539 Last updated:

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2010 3 Signature: 八一道人 Bayi daoren [Daoist of the Eight-in-One] Date: none Seals: (1) Kecheng『克诚』(square relief) Inscription: Hongli 弘历, the Qianlong 乾隆 emperor (1711C1799;

reigned 1735C96)

5 columns, running script. Two poems (each: 4x7) 胜概蜀川阅始终,香光鉴定匪南宫,奚嫌一再ひ鞅,意与图中景不穷. 题几百岁之书,粉墨云合画如,八一道人定谁氏,奇珍同我玩三余. 辛亥仲冬月,御题. [Poems not translated].1 Inscribed by the Emperor in the eleventh lunar-month of the xinhai year [November 26CDecember 24, 1791]. Signature: 御the Emperor Date: 辛亥仲冬月 in the eleventh lunar-month of the xinhai year [November 26CDecember 24, 1791] Freer Gallery of Art Completed:

14 December

2007 F1916.539 Last updated:

06 May

2010 4 Seals: (2) Bazheng maonian『八徵耄念』(square intaglio) Ziqiang bu xi『自强不息』(square relief) Mounting silk 2: Light tan silk, with phoenix-and-cloud motif, identical to mounting silk 1;