Scholars Appraising Antiques and Art

ZHANG, CHONG
Ming painter, active in the 17th c
In the style of

Title: Scholars Appraising Antiques and Art.
Origin: China.
Technique: Ink and light colors on silk.
Measurement: Picture size 188.5 x 99cm. Total size 230 x 113cm.
Description: The large hanging scroll shows scholars on a garden terrace looking at scroll paintings
and antiques. Several servant boys are helping them. At a table laden with further art and
a vase with flowering twigs, two ladies carrying a bronze vessel are approaching. Behind
the gentlemen, a mighty screen with a dragon in clouds. Top left an inscription with title
and cyclic dating yimao. Denoted: Zhang Chong. Two seals unread.
Frame/Pedestal: Mounted as hanging scroll, but without the rods.
Condition B. Browned, spots, rubbed, restored. Later mounting, cracks in the upper part.
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