Vintage Chinese painting on silk depicting a traditional physician or healer offering medicine to a respectfully bowing patient.
The doctor wears flowing red, green and cream robes and raises one hand in a measured gesture. The second figure leans forward while holding a small round pill or medicinal object between his hands.
The inscription at the upper left reads:
一丸濟世 — Yī Wán Jì Shì
This may be translated approximately as:
“One Pill Brings Relief to the World”
or
“Healing the World with a Single Pill.”
The phrase praises the extraordinary effectiveness of medicine and, by extension, the skill and benevolence of a gifted physician.
Mounted within a yellow-gold silk-brocade border
decorated with a woven floral pattern.
In good condition, showing light wear
light staining and scuffing on back
slightly bent;
minor creases (if any)
might show minor pen notes on back,
approx. 16" x 13" overall
painting is approx. 12 1/2" x 10"
Will be shipped flat
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