The first painting, ink and colors on paper, hanging scroll format, silk brocade mounting, wooden rollers, mountain landscape with fisherman in boat below, inscription to upper right side of painting together with artist's seal, two red seals to lower right corner of painting (DOA 83 x 19 1/8 in., Image size 37 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)(image in good condition; some toning to silk; mounting has wear and loss to top portion along with staining to upper section and lower left corner of mounting), and second painting, ink and colors on silk, hanging scroll format, silk mounting, wooden rollers, large landscape of towering mountains above a large gathering of cranes, inscription to upper left corner together with two red seals (DOA 90 x 22 in., Image size 48 1/2 x 17 in.)(image in good condition; silk mount with some tears and scattered areas of discoloration).


From the Collection of the late Dr. Schuyler Van Rensselaer Cammann (1912-1991), Esteemed Professor Emeritus in the Department of Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Schuyler Van Rensselaer Cammann was an American scholar renowned for his contributions to the field of art and archaeology of Asia, particularly Southeast Asian and Chinese art. He began his distinguished career at Yale University, where upon graduation he spent two years living in Changsha teaching English and European History. He traveled extensively at this time and developed a great interest and appreciation for Tibetan art. He returned to America to attend graduate school at Harvard, but before proceeding to his PhD, World War II broke out and Dr. Cammann returned to China to serve as a US naval officer. After the war, he completed his doctorate at John Hopkins and then went on to teach for many years at the University of Pennsylvania. He continued to conduct fieldwork expeditions to Asia. Over the length of his career, he received many notable awards and recognition for his scholarly contributions to the field of Asian art and archeology.