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I was hopeing some one might know what the origin of this work is. It looks like charcoal or some other soft material on white. The areas in red look like a stamped seal. It's about 26" wide by 13" high. It's in a frame and the back is sealed with brown paper so I can't see the back of the work. I don't know if it from China or Japan or wherever. Anybody have an idea? Also, any idea what it might be worth?
Thanks very much for any help or advice you can offer.

Regards,
Ron

hi ron, this is Chinese, an image of the various objects (statues of warriors, chariots, and horses) found at the tomb of the Qin emperor of China outside Xian, the first to unify various warring states into a single entity. i think it's meant to look like a rubbing, that is, a reproduction made by patting an ink-soaked wad of material against a paper that has been wet and worked into the crevices of a stone carving. in fact i think there is no such object that this is copied from but that this is simply created to look otherwise and sold to the tourist market.

Does not look like the temple rubs I have seen. I have several charcoal rubs in my collection and they appear to be done fast and on the run. None have chop seal marks. 20th century tourist trade.

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