Ink and color on paper, mounted on paper and in a wooden frame. China, early 19th century

Very large and extremely fine depiction of a garden scene with playing children and female figures, dressed in winter costumes. The painting composed in a horizontal manner, beginning on the left with a group of children and court ladies entering the garden through a circular ‘moon gate’. The court ladies carrying vessels and additional clothes. The garden opens to the left with a blossoming prunus tree, on which two children are climbing. Further on the left, an outlook into an idealized garden scene with little rocks and pavilions behind a low wall. The scene is enclosed on the far left side with a tall pine tree. Extremely fine painting with individual facial features and attention to small details.

Shape: Rectangular horizontal shape
Dimensions: 304 x 140 cm (overall size including frame), 4,5 cm (width of the frame)
Condition: Overall good condition with some age-related traces, some staining to the sides and small ripped parts and cracks, the actual painted areas with the figural depiction with better condition
Provenance: Austrian Private Collection

十九世紀民間故事園中嬰戯場景
紙本水墨設色，木框裝幀
中國，十九世紀早期
巨型的花園戲耍場景，驚喜描繪，孩子們與女性人物，穿
著冬裝。畫面從左開始，一群孩子和貴婦們通過圓形月亮
門進入花園。女僕手裏捧著花瓶和手爐。右邊有一顆梅花
盛開的梅樹，一個孩子正爬到樹上。一個理想化的花園場
景。月亮門后還有岩石和涼亭。人物面部特徵和穿著細節
描繪精細生動。
形狀：矩形橫幅
尺寸：304 x 140 厘米 (包括裝框), 4,5 cm (框的寬度)
品相總體與年代相符，一些小洞和小裂縫，有污漬和材料
缺失，主題故事場景畫面保存良好
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