ZHANG, CHONG Ming painter,Active in the 17th c In the style of
Title: ScholarsAppraisingAntiquesAndArt. Origin: China. Technique: InkAnd light colors on silk. Measurement: Picture size 188.5 x 99cm. Total size 230 x 113cm. Description: The large hanging scroll shows scholars onA garden terrace lookingAt scroll paintings andAntiques. Several servant boysAre helping them.AtA table laden with furtherArtAnd a vase with flowering twigs, two ladies carryingA bronze vesselAreApproaching. Behind the gentlemen,A mighty screen withA dragon in clouds. Top leftAn inscription with title and cyclic dating yimao. Denoted: Zhang Chong. Two seals unread. Frame/Pedestal: MountedAs hanging scroll, but without the rods. Condition B. Browned, spots, rubbed, restored. Later mounting, cracks in the upper part.