Vintage Chinese Ink on Paper Ancestor Portrait. Depicts a man in regal blue robes with a Qing Dynasty Mandarin Square for the Civil Scholar 5th Rank in the center. Framed. 

Condition: Commensurate with age. 

Overall Size: 32 x 20 1/4 in. 

Sight Size: 30 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. 

Ancestor worship has been a core element of Chinese culture for centuries, built on the belief that a continuous relationship exists between the living and the deceased, whose properly honored spirits can bring prosperity. This reverence was most often expressed through elaborate rituals performed before large, near life-size ancestor paintings—portraits commissioned on scrolls, primarily during the Ming and Qing dynasties. These portraits, which closely captured the subject's features in their most important attire, were believed to be powerful vessels where the ancestor's spirit could reside.

Commensurate with age. 

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