Li Xin Active early nineteenth century

depicting a compound in a bamboo grove on the edge of a lake, surrounded by low hills, with an inscription which may be translated:



Lofty Retreat in the Autumn Mountains.  After the brush idea of Meihua daoren (Wu Zhen) Shaoxia Li Xin, bearing five seals: Li Xin, Shaoxia jushi, and three undeciphered

Chinese Paintings from the Henricksen Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University; Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York, Oswego, 5th September 2002 - 23rd February 2003, cat. no. 17, illustrated.

paper toned, surface soiled, scattered small abrasions, a few creases, minor tears at edges, a few slight stains
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