signed Mei daoren five times, dated the eighth year of the Zhizhen reign (1348), summer, fifth lunar month, inscribed, and with ten seals of the artist, mei hua an, jia xing wu zhen zhong gui shu hua ji, and four collectors' seals, lu ling yang shi qi, an ding jia bao, xiang zi jing jia zhen cang, xiang shu zi

From a private Japanese collection
Tokyo Bijutsu Club, auction on Sep 30, 1935, lot 36
Inoue Family, Koyasan Temple

-Overall in good condition except some minor patches of restoration (silk loss) that can be found in the scroll, as seen in the illustration -The illustrated color appears to be slightly lighter than that of the actual piece
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