A massive hanging scroll with a portrait of a 5th rank Mandarin, Qing Dynasty, china 19th century, the senior civil official is wearing a silver pheasant rank badge on his surcoat, bufu, over his lapis blue robe, holding a snuff bottle purse in his left hand & a fan, inscribed in his right hand, very fine detailing, unsigned & undated, 205 x 102 cm. Other Notes: ground lapis lazuli is used as the pigment on the blue robe