DESCRIPTION: This richly colored and appealing Chinese scroll painting depicts a dignitary being given a large seal by his young servant. The scholar wears an elaborate headdress and strokes his long beard with one hand while looking down at the boy. Both are dressed in sumptuous garments with decorative designs including floral garlands, cloud bands and geometrical patterns. Proudly the boy presents a large seal with a foo lion to his master who is patting him on the shoulder. Dating from th... Click for details

DESCRIPTION: A beautifully rendered ink and gilt painting on silk depicting the Lohan Chieh-po-ka. In Buddhist tradition there are Eighteen Lohan, also called Arhat or Arahat, who are the personal disciples of Buddha. Chieh-po-ka, or Gobaka the Protector, is the ninth Lohan. Tradition is that he was stationed on the Gandhamadana mountain with a retinue of 900 arhats, and is usually represented in contemplation with a fan in his hand. Here we see him seated on a round mat placed on a rock out... Click for details

DESCRIPTION: A large, boldly colored Chinese ancestor portrait featuring seven generations of mandarins and their wives. Such paintings were commissioned by descendants, and this one is executed in classic ancestoral portrait style with the unsmiling subjects facing directly forward and seated on chairs with rounded backs, the men with hands and shoes showing and the women with their robes completely covering hands and feet. ... Click for details