Chinese Watercolor Embellished Hanging Scroll of Figural Scene

Item Details

Paper
Unsigned

A late 20th-century Chinese screen printed hanging scroll on paper, embellished with watercolor and gouache accents. The piece depicts a group of figures holding items including flowers and musical instruments, as a figure riding a flying crane hovers above. It is inscribed to the upper right in black ink and is marked with a red seal. This work is mounted as a hanging scroll, weighted with a dowel and wooden knobs to the lower section and hangs with a string affixed to the upper section. The scroll is marked with a label in Chinese to the top verso.

Condition

- wear to edges and corners; stains, toning, accretion and discoloration to surface; wrinkling and wear to scroll from rolled storage.

Dimensions

- measures unrolled.

Item #

18BOS055-162