1. Purchased from Lee Van Ching, New York. Received as kakemono; later mounted in panel form. For price, see L. 1034, Original Kakemono and Makimono List.
2. Original attribution to: Mi Fei [char.]. Sung. See further, S.I. 492, Appendix VII.
3. (Ma Su, 1917) Signed, "Mi Fei, painted at the Pao Tsin studio in an autumnal day in the third year of Chung Ning." (A.D. 1104)
4. (C. L. Freer) Sung -- may be his.
5. (J. E. Lodge, 1921) Somewhat mechanical on the whole, but probably a Sung design by Him -- if not his work; I rather incline to the belief that it is later, and Ming. The writing is not wholly convincing.
6. (H. E. Buckman, 1963) The Envelope File contained no further information, and has now been destroyed.
7. (J. F. Cahill, 1965) This should not carry the attribution: "Mi Fei, design of".
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