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Description: | The second 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 kneeling in front of a tomb. The inscription reads 'Wang Pou cries at the grave side on hearing thunder'. The second scene shows a man leaning over a bucket. The inscription reads 'Geng Qian tastes excrement several times'. The third scene shows a man kneeling in front of an older man holding a staff in his left hand. The inscription reads 'Zhu Shou Chan asks an official the whereabouts of his mother'. The fourth scene shows a boy lying on a bed surrounded by mosquitoes. The inscription reads 'Wu Meng allows the mosquitoes to fill with blood'. The fifth scene shows a man and a woman in front of an ancestral alter. The inscription reads 'Ding Lan carves wood in service'. The sixth scene shows a figure kneeling on a mat holding a fan in his right hand. This scene depicts the story of Huang Xiang. There is an inscription at the top of the scene. At the bottom of the scroll are three inscriptions in red ink. Description Source: OMDB 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=225... | Go to resource |
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