Painting on vertical scroll, ink and polychrome on silk, depicting a pine tree in close-up with a poem on the left: 蓊郁苍松错落枝 龙鳞凤翼影离披 清髙不改岁寒节 云之亭亭百尺姿 Weng yu cang song cuo luo zhi Long lin feng yi ying li pi Qing gao bu gai sui han jie Yun zhi ting ting bai chi zi The lush pines have intertwined branches, the shadows resemble dragon scales dragon scales and phoenix wings. They retain their elegance even in cold weather. Their graceful posture stretches for hundreds of feet." The painting is then located, dated and signed 昭和十五 秋于白云观中 栗菴诗画 Showa jûgo (nen) aki Hakuunji ni oite Ritsu An shi ga (in Japanese) Zhao he shi wu qiu yu bai yun guan zhong (in Chinese) Li An Shi Hua Painted in Baiyun Guan in autumn in the fifteenth year of the Showa era (1940). Painting and poem by Ritsu An (Li An in Chinese) Four seals by the artist. Width: 35.8 cm Length: 137 cm Japan, 20th century Unglued painting on the sides.