Chinese garden scroll, freely drawn colored inks on heavy paper, mounted on a shimmering light and dark gold, silk brocade nakamawashi in a pattern of dragons amid leafy vines, with a shimmering light and dark, mauve, silk brocade, ten and ji in a leafy vines pattern. The scroll is signed, with a poem in Chinese caoshu script and numerous red seal marks in various shapes and sizes scattered about the image. The image size is 24.75" wide x 50" high. The scroll has a gray cord makio and kakio at the top and hongmu jikusaki at the bottom. The outer scroll cover is done in a dark green and ecru, floral, silk brocade. There is an export document with an impressed wax seal affixed to the external cover and another copy without the seal affixed to the top left of the scroll. Circa early 20th century, no later than mid century.

A family picnics in their rock garden amid bamboo and grasses, the mother holds a bamboo walking stick and the father gives his son a lanyard with a Buddhist symbol of double fishes and a toy top.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Signs of wear and use commensurate with age, some visible horizontal striations are seen upon close inspection that dissolve at distance, some pinhead losses, some storage creases that will flatten with continued hanging, otherwise excellent vintage condition.

Origin:
China

Materials & Techniques:
Paper, Silk, Wood

Details:
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Art Subjects: Figure, Landscape
Frame Type: Unframed
Country of Origin: China

Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Signs of wear and use commensurate with age, some visible horizontal striations are seen upon close inspection that dissolve at distance, some pinhead losses, some storage creases that will flatten with continued hanging, otherwise excellent vintage condition.