Chinese painting on silk, 张毅德怒鞭都邮, Qing dynasty

Description:

Scene depicts a man being tortured,

Watercolor and ink on silk, sight size is 13" x 13" = 32.5 cm x 32.5 cm

Signed upper right.

Exceptional detail in the features of the figures,

Incased in wooden frame that measures 17" x 16.50" = 42.5 cm x 41.25 cm;

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acrylic Plexiglas (scratch- and shatter- resistant, UV protection, non-glare), acid free backup.

Opinion of the expert from China

Sorry, I could only identify the first 2 columns of characters 张毅德怒鞭都邮.

The painting is about a story in the 14th century Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

From 169 AD to 280 AD, Chinese is divided into 3 kingdoms, namely WEI, SHU and WU.

It shows a famous general in the state of SHU, Zhang Fei (Yi De) who punished a corrupted official named Du You by whipping him.

I was not able to identify the name of the artist as well.

The painting seems old (Qing dynasty or earlier).