19th Century Painting of a Chinese Scholar

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Large Chinese Qing painting of an important government official and master scholar with flowing hair, mustache, beard and black headdress, … Read more Large Chinese Qing painting of an important government official and master scholar with flowing hair, mustache, beard and black headdress, wearing a colorful red loosely draped robe decorated with blue dragons and flowers, green lining, holding an ivory yiban. There is a shield enclosing a Chinese inscription by his disciples or students presenting this painting to him.

Gouche on rice paper mounted on silk, gilded frame, black silk shantung mount, gilded narrow inner mount. See less