68 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



2. — Chinese Paintings. 



Thirty-three in all, includinpf one by Ch'en Yung, one by 

 Chang-ssLi-Kung, one by MuCh'i, and one attributed to Chao 

 Ta-nien (Sung period); one attributed to Chao Meng-fu, and 

 two by Wang Jo-shui (Yiian period) ; one by \Vu Wei, one by 

 Wen (Jhing-ming, one by Lin Liang, one by Ch'iu Ying, one by 

 Lii Chi, and one by Chou Chih-mien (Ming period); one 

 by Shen Nan-ping, and specimens of other masters of the 

 Ming and Ching periods. 



Miscellaneous Acquisitions. 

 Chinese. 

 Painting. 

 Wang Wei, attributed to. — Eight landscape sketches, on 

 silk, attributed to this famous master of the T'ang dynasty 

 (8th century), but probably copies made about the 13th century. 

 Of great rarity and interest. Presented by General Sir Ian 

 Hainilton, G.C.B. Six sketches formerly belonging to the 

 same album as the preceding. Presented by F. E. Wilkin- 

 son, Esq. 



Chou Wen-Chii, attributed to. — Makimono, on silk, in 

 colours. Ladies and children on a garden terrace. Probably 

 10th century. With certificate by a famous artist and critic 

 of the 13th century. 



A.nonymous, Sung period (10th-13th centuries). — Lotuses, 

 white heron, and kingfisher. Kakemono, on silk, in colours. 



Fan Kuan (Sung period), attributed to. — Mountain scenery 

 in snow. Probably 14th century ; of unusual style and great 

 interest. 



Japanese. 



Woodcuts. 

 Kiyonaga. Girl walking on a river bank. Hashira-kake. 

 Kuniyoshi. Eight prints from the life of the Saint 

 Nichiren, completing the Museum set. 



Indian. 



Paintings and Drawings. 

 Mogul School. A large painting in colours on fine cotton, 

 in the classic Persian style, though probably by an Indian 

 artist, painted early in the seventeenth century and repre- 

 senting Akbar, his father, his sons, and other princes of the 

 houses of Tamerlane, assembled in a landscape, with prepara- 

 tions for a feast. Apparently unique in point of size among 

 paintings of this school, and, though mutilated, of the finest 

 workmanship. Presented by the National Art-Collections 

 Fund with the aid of a contribution from W. Graham- 

 Robertson, Esq. 



