VERTICAL PAINTING in ink and light colours on paper, entitled "the Qilin offers a son", depicting two ladies holding scrolls and a banner, next to a child playing the "sheng", riding a "qilin", a classical theme to congratulate the birth of a boy. Top left, title and apocryphal signature of Hushan Jushi, a painter of the Song period (960-1281). Mounted on a scroll. (Soiling, accidents and restorations). China, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912). A FRAMED VERTICAL PAINTING, INK AND COLOURS ON PAPER, CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY. DIM. 91,2 X 39 CM (35 15/16 X 15 3/8 IN.)