The Casket Seal Incantation Scripture (975) - Page 4

⚠The manuscript consists of separate text and image panels mounted on an ornate patterned silk scroll. Some seals and signatures are small and stylized.

On the fifteenth day, I visited Fangpu, who honored me with a return visit; Mr. Gaiyu also provided this inscription.

[Seal: Xuelang original: 雪廊. Likely the art-name of the collector or the person who commissioned the mounting.]

Sunset Glow at Leifeng Pagoda

original: Leifeng Xizhao. One of the famous "Ten Scenes of West Lake" in Hangzhou. This scene specifically celebrates the way the evening light hits the pagoda's reddish bricks and the surrounding hills.

Painted by Daliu in the third month of the Jiawu year.
The Jiawu year in this context refers to 1894. This painting depicts the pagoda thirty years before its eventual collapse in 1924. In this "pre-modern" state, the wooden balconies had long since burned away, leaving only the brick core which became overgrown with plants.
[Seal]

The panel on the far left is a blank gold-leaf section, likely intended for further colophons or titles that were not added.