Scroll Painting Item Number: N1.296 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

A hanging scroll painting of a priest meditating in a landscape setting. There are five vertical rows of black characters with a red seal at the top and another red seal at the opposite corner. Modern and polychrome. Includes five lines of poetry and dedication on the back. The painting has a cream-coloured border of patterned fabric. There is a semi-cylindrical rod at the top with a yellow cord bound by metal wire and cream-coloured fabric with a blue-grey ribbon. There is a cylindrical fabric covered rod weight at the bottom.