Large Chinese ink painting on paper mounted in a vertical scroll, China, Qing period, 19th century Black ink on paper depicting a so-called scholar's rock surrounded by calligraphy written using different techniques and by different authors. At top right, a main title written in lì shū characters (scribe style): 象鼻峰圖 - Xiàng bí fēng tú - "painting of the elephant trunk-shaped rock". At the bottom left of the rock is an inscription giving a date: 同治三年夏 季弟 徐廣 - "Summer of the third year of Tongzhi, my younger brother Xu Guang". Next to the text, written in zhuanshu (sigillary style) is the following dedication: 丙寅冬日題奉 古高老伯大人雅鉴幷清雨正 清郷呉大澂 - "respectfully written on a winter's day in the bingyin year (corresponding to a year in the Chinese sexagesimal cycle that could be 1866). Submitted to the enlightened eye of the honorable elder Gao. Please appreciate with elegance and correct me. Wu Dacheng of Qingxiang (author's full name - Wu Dacheng (1835-1902), a famous scholar and calligrapher of the Qing dynasty)". Image size: approx. 130 x 49 cm