Deep Green Plum Blossom Wall Scroll

This wall scroll is discounted just because it's been sitting on the shelves (completely sealed) for a while. Nothing wrong with it, just time to move the older inventory.

Green Watercolor Plum Blossom Wall Scroll

Close up view of the plum blossom artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll

This is a very traditional and sophisticated scroll with an old Chinese phrase written vertically next to a wonderful plum blossom portrait.

The short phrase speaks of how the plum blossom is not afraid of the cold winter weather.

I should also mention that the plum blossom often represents a hearty and strong woman in Chinese culture, so this poem is also about a woman's ability face difficult circumstances without fear.

The Chinese characters also include the date painted (2006), the artist's signature red stamp.

This is a freehand style painting by Chen Fen-Qing of Nanjing (an ancient capital city of China).

Materials used in this work are watercolor and special black Chinese ink on rice paper. Later I had the painting mounted to a silk wall scroll at our workshop in Beijing.