Made for the wall, this Chinese beauty scroll painting sets rabbit, moon, and a tree against silk in soft natural tones. For lovers of Chinese figure silk painting, the format will feel familiar and the subject fresh. Stand back and the composition settles; step closer and the brushwork starts telling its own story.
Behind the beauty sits meaning: the moon rabbit of legend, while the brush clearly enjoyed every corner of the setting. The painter's hand shows in classical brushwork, and soft natural tones keep the whole scene luminous. The painting's surface has a soft hand-feel that only woven silk gives. The balance between rabbit, moon, and a tree and the surrounding soft natural tones feels exactly right. Soft natural tones dominate the scene, but small accents keep rabbit from getting lost.
A home office wall becomes a better place to think with this hanging nearby. For students of Chinese culture, it is both decoration and lesson.
