157cm
61¾"
61¾"
49.4cm
19½"
19½"
Approximate Measurements
Artwork Panel: 31.7cm x 101.5cm ≈ 12½" x 40"
Silk/Brocade: 40.4cm x 157cm ≈ 16" x 61¾"
Width at Wooden Knobs: 49.4cm ≈ 19½"
Close up view of the bird artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll
A very traditional wall scroll featuring two birds enjoying the sweet smells of the flowers around them.
The title written on this painting literally means, "Valley has Good-Smells", but is more naturally translated as "Fragrance from the Valley". The characters following the title, are the year painted (2011), location (Shandong Province), and the artist's signature.
This is a simplistic painting style, but it also incorporates a lot of detail. This painting really mimics the style of Chinese artwork that has been around for thousands of years.
This artwork is completely hand-painted, and is mounted to a handmade silk wall scroll in our workshop.
The artist's name is 
(Wang Jian-Qiu). He lives in Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in Northern China (about 5 hours south of Beijing). I was introduced to this artist's work at Qin Xia's studio in Jinan. This artist has been a long time friend of Qin Xia (You may recognize Qin Xia's name from artwork in our flowers and birds category). Wang Jian-Qiu also does some great detailed beautiful woman paintings, and occasionally does some landscapes for us as well.