Chinese Gouache Silk Hanging Scroll of Woman and Deer

Item Details

Silk
Signed

A Chinese gouache painted silk hanging scroll. The piece depicts a female figure in robed attire riding atop a stag near a Chinese white pine tree, as a nearby doe carries a bundle of flowers and fruit upon her back. The scene is set against a backdrop of colorful mountain peaks. It is inscribed to the lower right with black ink and is marked with a red seal. This work is mounted as a hanging scroll bordered in floral patterned silk. It is weighted with a dowel and wooden knobs to the lower section and hangs with a string affixed to the upper section. The scroll is additionally inscribed and sealed via a label to the verso and includes a decorative cardboard box marked ‘Chinese Painting’.

Condition

- wear to edges and corners; faint toning and discoloration; light wrinkling and wear to scroll from rolled storage; small nicks and marks to wooden handles; edge wear to box.

Dimensions

- measures unrolled.

Item #

18DEN036-306