A Chinese Ancestor Portrait Hanging Scroll

Late 19th or early 20th century, hanging scroll format, ink and colors on paper, features a husband and wife, very finely painted with great detail, mounted on tan floral brocade, with wooden rollers.

DOA 67 x 42 in. (46 in.), Image size 42 x 36 1/2 in.

Private Collection of a Gentleman, From His Time in China and Japan

Creases to paper, some deep with loss of pigment along the lines; losses to paper; some lifting of paper at edges; toning and soil to paper; some loss to pigments especially towards the center of the painting.