Chinese Silk Erotic Painting

Willow-green foliage, garden rocks and two figures caught mid-scene.

This erotic painting on silk is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is watercolor on silk. Silk has been used as a painting ground in China for over two thousand years, giving a smooth surface that takes ink and watercolor with fine detail. A vertical painting on a pale ground framed by a thin dark border and a pale mat patterned with small blossoms. A bright green tree overhangs a low fence. Two figures sit close among rocks, one in blue and red, one mostly bare. It is 9 inches wide and 14 high.

The garden got the best brushwork of all.