Scroll painting: novel illustration

Southeast Asian Collection

Accession Nr.: 59.98.1
Type: woodblock print; hanging scroll
Date of production:
1950s
Place of production:
Materials/Techniques: paper, woodblock printing, hand coloured, mounted as hanging scroll
Dimensions: height: 127. 5 cm
width: 42 cm
Scroll image, vertically divided into two scenes. In the upper field are gentlemen meeting on a journey, with their grooms and horses, with female figures in the background. In the lower part of the picture we can peer into the interior of a pagoda: the female figure plays an instrument, the male figure listens. Both pictures are accompanied by an inscription. Hand-coloured, Hàng Trống print.