INDEX OF PAINTERS AND PERIODS 151 * * * * * ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE I. Sculptured stones of the Han dynasty. Second to third centuries. Rubbings taken by the Chavannes expedition 23 II. Portion of a scroll by Ku K'ai-chih. British Museum, London 27 III. Kwanyin. Eighth to tenth centuries. Painting brought from Tun-huang by the Pelliot expedition. The Louvre, Paris 31 IV. Palace of Kiu Cheng-kung by Li Chao-tao. T'ang period. Collection of V. Goloubew 34 V. Portrait of Lü Tung-ping by T'êng Ch'ang-yu. T'ang period. Collection of August Jaccaci. Lent to the Metropolitan Museum, New York.[A] 39 VI. Painting by an unknown artist. T'ang period. Collection of R. Petrucci 47 VII. Geese. Sung period. British Museum, London 51 VIII. White Eagle. Sung period. Collection of R. Petrucci 59 IX. Horseman followed by two attendants. Sung period. Collection of A. Stoclet 63 X. Landscape in the style of Hsia Kuei. Sung period. Collection of Martin White 67 XI. Landscape by Ma Lin. Sung period. Collection of R. Petrucci 73 XII. Mongol horseman returning from the Hunt, by Chao Mêng-fu. Yüan period. Doucet collection 77 XIII. Pigeons by Ch'ien Hsüan. Yüan period. Collection of R. Petrucci 85 XIV. Bamboos in monochrome by Wu Chên. Yüan period. Musée Guimet 93 XV. Paintings of the Yüan or early Ming period. Style of the Northern School. Collection of R. Petrucci 97 XVI. Portrait of a priest. Yüan or early Ming period. Collection of H. Rivière 101 XVII. Horse. Painting by an unknown artist. Yüan or early Ming period. Doucet collection 105 XVIII. Visit to the Emperor by the Immortals from on high. Ming period. British Museum, London 109 XIX. Egrets by Lin Liang. Ming period. Collection of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Junior 115 XX. Flowers and Insects. Ming period. Collection of R. Petrucci 119 XXI. Landscape. Ming period. Bouasse-Lebel collection 125 XXII. Beauty inhaling the fragrance of a peony. Ming period. Collection of V. Goloubew 133 XXIII. Halt of the Imperial Hunt. Ming period. Sixteenth century. Collection of R. Petrucci 137