In the style of Mao Yuan Wen Jia - 茂苑文嘉 (1501-1583), painting on paper in the sansui style mounted on a scroll, China, Qing period Ink and pigments on paper depicting a mountainous landscape with trees, a scholar crossing a bridge, awaited by a monk at the entrance to a small pavilion surrounded by woven hedges. At top left, an inscription taken from a poem entitled "The Monk's House at Hè Lín Temple" by Li She of the Tang dynasty. 因遇竹院逢僧活又得浮生半日间, which could be translated as: "I met the monks in the bamboo courtyard and talked to them, stealing half a day's leisure from my life". Followed by the signature 茂苑文嘉 and an artist's seal. On the back, lower right and upper left, an inscription in Chinese and an inscription in Vietnamese with the name and address of a store in Hanoi. 205.5 x 66.2 cm