Part of a horizontal scroll painted in ink and light colors - Lot 134

Part of a horizontal scroll painted in ink and light colors on silk, with a few gold highlights, illustrated with two lively scenes of characters, a gathering of scholars, enjoying and resting in the countryside, and activities in the fields, alternating with two long texts taken from the Xiao Jing, "Classic of Filial Piety", one of the great Chinese classics, probably written in the 3rd century BC.C., and taking the form of eighteen dialogues between Confucius and one of his disciples, Zengzi, setting out the duties between people in society according to hierarchy. Unsigned. China, early 20th century. (Soiling, framed under glass). 31 x 131 cm. Provenance: French private collection, from a family who lived in Shanghai between 1920 and 1960.