Scroll Rubbing
Physical description
A hanging scroll rubbing on paper, of an outdoor scene showing one scholar painting while four others are watching. In the near distance, there are three other male figures in the water. In the foreground, there are two male servants and a donkey near a plum tree. Six lines of poetry are written on the upper right corner in cursive style. The image has an orange-yellow border outlined with green at the top and at the bottom. The scroll has a plain cream-coloured silk backing outlined with black and pink paper. There is a semi-cylindrical rod at the top with a white string going through two holes. There is a cylindrical rod weight at the bottom covered with dark blue patterned fabric.
Categories
Date Acquired
1 Feb 1961
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 180 cm x 75 cm x 2 cm
Object Number
N1.577