Portrait of a Ranking Official's Wife, 19th century, 48 5/16 ¡Ñ 28 5/8 in. (122.7 ¡Ñ 72.7 cm) (image)62 1/2 ¡Ñ 31 in. (158.8 ¡Ñ 78.7 cm) (mount, with roller), Ink, colors and gold on paper, China, 19th century, This hanging scroll depicts a seated middle-aged woman in frontal view. She is wearing a blue robe with undergarments with gold dragons and a Mandarin square or insignia of gold with what appears to be a silver pheasant among the multicolored clouds. She is further adorned with beads of white, red, and jade which hang from the shoulders and gold earrings with white and red beads.