Signed
20” scroll/22.5” roller x ?

This 59 in. x 20 in. Chinese Antique Scroll, depicts a simple yet serene scene of a bird on a rock. The bird stands on the rock, which is much larger in size in comparison to the bird. The bird' s body is facing the viewer but is slightly turned towards the left, while it's head is turned towards the right side of the composition and is looking down at the water just below the rock. The water appears to be a rushing stream, running towards the right and disappearing into the bottom right corner, with a small portion of another rock peeking out from the stream of water. Behind the rock and the bird, emerging from the left edge of the work, is a small plant with vivid blue flowers. The plant has about three stems with very lightly painted leaves with not much pigment, and three fully bloomed flowers in which one sees each blue petal and the yellow center of the flowers, and there are six other smaller blooms that are not fully blossomed surrounding the larger flowers. Among the plant with the flowers, there are also long brush strokes that perhaps represent wheat or a large grass plant. Branching off of these long, pointed blades of grass are two long but slim stems with many more, sort of fanned out strokes at the end of the stem, perhaps portraying the spikes of wheat plants or something similar. Bordering this scene is an ornate, yellow silk fabric. The design on the silk consists of flowers, seemingly roses or carnations, as they are more round, with curved vines and leaves connecting the buds and filling the negative space between the flowers.