119.8cm
47¼"
47¼"
49.3cm
19½"
19½"
Approximate Measurements
Artwork Panel: 31cm x 64.5cm ≈ 12¼" x 25¼"
Silk/Brocade: 40.3cm x 119.8cm ≈ 15¾" x 47¼"
Width at Wooden Knobs: 49.3cm ≈ 19½"
Close up view of the calligraphy artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll
Discounted/Blemished
Reason for discount: Very minor wrinkles/lines
Chinese Calligraphy Wall Scroll
This is the character "Dao" which is sometimes written as "Tao" but pronounced like "dow".
This is the base of what is known as "Taoism". If you translate this literally, it can mean "the way" or "the path".
Dao is believed to be that which flows through all things, and keeps them in balance. It incorporates the ideas of yin and yang (e.g. there would be no love without hate, no light without dark, no male without female.)
The beginning of Taoism can be traced to a mystical man named Lao Zi (604-531 BC), who followed, and added to the teachings of Confucius.