Chinese silk painting with calligraphy. Coloured gouache on grey-melled silk. Three sheets. 34.5 x 40.1 cm, 34.3 x 40.1 cm and 40.4 x 46.7 cm. Mounted under white silk passepartouts (lightly dusted). China 20. ==References== In smaller pictures there are two cranes under a pine tree. The crane is considered a symbol of long life and wisdom in East Asia. On the large picture two pandas sit in the middle of a bamboo forest. – The panda picture with a small spot. The crane images have slight signs of wear, all of them with slight bend marks.