Scroll

Scroll

Hanging sumi ink painting on cloth panel. The background paper of the scroll is olive green and there is a beige cloth edging down both sides. The bottom is attached to a thick round wooden dowel. The left side of the dowel has a varnished end piece. The right end piece is missing. The top is attached to a wooden half dowel. The paper is tearing along the left side of the dowel . At the top of the half dowel are two metal rings. Attached to this is a beige olive green and black cord from which the scroll hung. The cord has a broken left side. The sumi ink painting H: 50.75" W: 23.5" is on beige paper framed by the olive green paper and has an illustration of a flowering plant growing from a rocky outcrop. There is calligraphy in the upper left hand corner and in the bottom right hand corner as well as a rectangular seal. A small sticker on the outside of the half dowel white with blue lettering says: "MADE IN JAPAN" Along the back of the scroll at the top are five characters in black ink. There is a water stain repeating from the top of the scroll about 1/3/ of the way down the left side.

1998.121.012