This Chinese scroll painting gathers rabbit, branches and rocks into one classical composition, painted the old way on silk. It has the settled feeling of a composition refined over centuries. The composition balances its subject with rabbit, branches and rocks, so the scroll never feels empty or busy.
As a chinese painting scroll silk wall art, it sits comfortably alongside much older pieces without feeling like a copy. 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. It shifts a little with the hour — the kind of piece that rewards living with. Eye-level hanging suits it best — engaging up close, unobtrusive from across the room. The brushwork holds up at any distance — composed from across the room, absorbing up close.
It asks only for wall space and soft light; everything else it brings along. If you collect chinese painting scroll pieces, this one earns its place. It is a fine example of rabbit and branches Chinese painting, the kind of piece that grows on you.
