Chinese scroll painting of a bearded scholar seated in a grove of trees next to a small brook. The scholar is playing a Qin, a zither-like instrument. There are Chinese characters and red ownership stamps on the painting. The inscriptions date to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.Chinese scroll painting of a bearded scholar seated in a grove of trees next to a small brook. The scholar is playing a Qin, a zither-like instrument. There are Chinese characters and red ownership stamps on the painting. The inscriptions date to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.