A Flower and Bird Chinese scroll painting, this piece pairs classical brushwork with a subject that never gets old. It is the flower-and-bird theme that defines this scroll: familiar ground, seen as if for the first time. The painter didn't skimp on detail — sparrows, iris and rock all get their moment.
As a flower-and-bird painting it keeps easy company with far older works, without ever feeling derivative. In China the written word outranks all other arts — a good hand was the scholar's calling card, in the old visual language of Chinese painting. Summer lives in the painting: blossoms at their peak, deep greens, long unhurried days. A simple cord is all it takes — the scroll hangs flat against the wall, the traditional way.
A frameless hanging scroll in the classic style — give it a wall and it becomes the room's calm center. Simple furnishings, one strong scroll: let it carry the room.
