'FOUR SCENES FROM THE TWENTY-FOUR FILIAL EXEMPLARS', QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. Ink and watercolors on silk. Depicting, from top to bottom, Jiang Je as He Labored to Support His Mother (no. 14), Tan Zi as He Fed His Parents with Doe's Milk (no. 6), Dong Yong as He Sold Himself for His Father's Funeral (no. 8), and Zhong You as He Carried Rice for His Parents (no. 5). Silk brocade frame, mounted as a hanging scroll with wood handles.Provenance: Austrian private collection. Condition: Good impression, only slightly browned, minor creases and soiling, water stains and tears to mounting, small tears and losses to the upper area of the painting.Dimensions: Image Size 126.5 x 29.5 cmThis painting depicts four stories from The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, a classic text of Confucian filial piety written by Guo Jujing during the Yuan dynasty, but derived from much older biographies of virtuous men and women written and pictorialized as early as Han times. The text was extremely influential in the medieval Far East and was used to teach Confucian moral values.清代《二十四孝》中四場景中國,1644-1912年。絹本設色,挂軸。描繪了《二十四孝》中的四個故事,分別爲:行佣供母——後漢江革(第十四篇),鹿乳奉親——周郯子(第六篇),賣身葬父——漢董永(第八篇)與百里負米——周仲由(第五篇)。 來源:奧地利私人收藏 品相:狀況良好,絹面顔色變深,轻微的折痕和污渍,水渍,绘画的部有缺损。 尺寸:畫面126.5 x 29.5 厘米