Hanging Scroll Ancestral Portrait, China, early 20th century, of an official seated in a chair looking straight, dressed in an official winter robe with the 5th civil rank badge with silver pheasant, ink and color on paper, 37 7/8 x 20 5/8 in. Provenance: Descended in the family of Dr. Marshall Hertig, an internationally noted medical entomologist who conducted research on disease bearing insects at the Peking Union Medical College, from 1923-1928, his wife Edwina Smiley Hertig, and their son Bruce Allerton Hertig to the present owner. Estimate $300-500 in good condition. Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.