Mid Qing Dynasty Silk embroidery and pigments on silk, colourfully decorated with an open compound a scholar in an open veranda seated at his desk laden with scholarly paraphernalia being served by an attendant, gazing at the garden with a pair of cranes and a boy, a lady and attendant on an upper terrace, an another scholar and an official wearing a dragon robe engaged in conversation by the gate, all in a mountainous landscape with pine, wutong and eucalyptus trees amidst rockwork and bamboo, mounted. 209cm (82 1/4in) long x 47.4cm (18 3/4in) wide.