ANONYMOUS VERTICAL PAINTING in ink and light colours on silk, depicting a falcon perched on an old bare branch, its gaze carefully directed downwards. In the upper part, a poem evokes a walk in the imperial gardens, in the 4th year of Xuande (1429), during which the author sees a falcon whose power he admires and recalls the comparison of the bird of prey with the virtues of the noble warrior, which led him to order the production of this painting (Misses, accidents and numerous restorations; framed under glass).China, Ming period.A FRAMED VERTICAL PAINTING, INK AND COLOURS ON SILK, CHINA, MING DYNASTY.DIM. (VIEW )105 X 55 CM. (41 5/16 X 21 5/8 IN.)