ATTRIBUTED TO SHANGGUAN ZHOU (1665 - circa 1750) Li Mi on a buffalo Dated to the third year of the Qianlong reign (corresponding to 1735) Ink and colour on silk, mounted as a hanging scroll Depicting an official and attendants observing a boy reading atop a buffalo Inscribed, signed Zhou Shangguan and sealed to the top right, with four red seals to lower left 69.5cm high, 35.5cm wide 上官周（傳）牛角掛書圖 設色絹本 立軸 Note: The scene depicts the story of Li Mi, a diligent student who hangs the han shu from the horn of the buffalo he is riding. Yang Su spots the boy one day, and after talking with the boy is inspired by his industrious pursuit of knowledge. The depiction is a metaphor for hard work and diligence.