If traditional Chinese painting scroll is your thing, this silk hanging scroll will feel familiar at once: beauty, fairy, flying apsara, and clouds. For lovers of classical Chinese wall decor, the format will feel familiar and the subject fresh. A column of calligraphy and a red seal stamp finish one side in literati fashion.
In Chinese art, a flying apsara, the celestial dancer of Dunhuang murals; a graceful beauty in classical dress. The brushwork — rich, full color — is matched by balanced, harmonious tones, applied without ever overwhelming the silk. A scroll on the wall changes the rhythm of a room in a way framed prints rarely do. The rich, full color keeps beauty crisp while letting the balanced, harmonious tones wash softly behind it. Beauty, done in rich, full color, is the passage collectors will return to.
It fits traditional rooms and contemporary ones with equal ease. A considerate present for a teacher, a host, or a faraway friend.
