A grayscale portrait of a bearded man in a hat, with calligraphic text and patterned borders
This grayscale artwork is a vertical composition. At the top, a horizontal decorative border features a repeating pattern of stylized floral or cloud-like motifs against a darker background. Below this border, the upper half of the main field is filled with multiple columns of calligraphic text, rendered in dark characters on a lighter gray background. The text is arranged vertically, reading from right to left. Below the text, a half-length portrait of a man is depicted. He faces slightly towards the right, wearing a dark, multi-tiered hat. He has a prominent beard and mustache, and his facial features are rendered with subtle shading. He wears a robe, indicated by broad strokes, and appears to be holding or resting his hands on an object that extends diagonally across his chest. The lower portion of the artwork concludes with another horizontal decorative border, identical in pattern and tone to the one at the top.