A Chinese hand scroll late Qing dynasty

painted with the tale from The Peach Blossom Spring by Tao Yuanming, in which a fisherman discovered a utopian world among blossoming peach trees, where people had lived an ideal existence for hundreds of years, unaware of the outside world, inscribed with 'Peach Blossoms at Qing'an Temple' by Southern Song poet Xie Fangde, dated spring, year of gengzi, by Xu Ziling, ink and colour on silk, the backing silk in kesi decorated with a dragon among clouds, blossoming peach trees, where people had lived an ideal existence for hundreds of years, unaware of the outside world, inscribed with 'Peach Blossoms at Qing'an Temple' by Southern Song poet Xie Fangde, dated spring, year of gengzi, by Xu Ziling, 40 x 190cm, Condition Report, Condition Report, Kesi tired with loose threads and holes in various locations, a/f. Rod a bid loose with splits. Painting with holes and old repairs. Stained with dirt and foxing marks. Creasing throughout. Border with small pin holes. Request A Condition Report, Request A Condition Report

Estimate:£600

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