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Description: | The third hanging scroll in a set of four. The title of the set of scrolls is 'er shi si xiao xun tu', meaning '24 scenes of filial piety'. Each scroll in the set has three colourful panels, each showing two scenes of filial piety separated by a curvy blue line, mounted on paper. The first scene shows a boy fighting a tiger which is attacking a man. The inscription reads 'Yi Xiang wrestles with a tiger to save his father'. The second scene shows a boy looking up to the clouds in which a woman is floating. The inscription reads 'Dong Yong works as a labourer in order to bury his father'. The third scene shows a man digging a hole as a woman holding a baby looks on. The inscription reads 'Guo Chen buries a rabbit for his mother'. The fourth scene shows a man kneeling before a seated man, offering gifts; there is a man standing beside the seated man holding a large bowl. The inscription reads 'Chai Shun offers mulberries to his relatives'. The fifth scene shows a young man carrying an old lady on his back as two men bearing arms look on. The inscription reads 'Jiang Ge walking along carrying his mother'. The sixth scene shows a man falling over as an elderly man and woman look on. This scene depicts the story of Lai. There is an inscription at the side of the scene. At the bottom of the scroll are three inscriptions in red ink. Description: OMDB Description Source: Jordan, D.K. 'The Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars by GUO Jujing', (Accessed 22 May 2003), | Subjects: | painting scroll paintings paintings visual works | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Printer: Zheng Xing Company, Shanghai | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=224... | Go to resource |
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