3 sculptures - Stone (mineral stone) - China - 1950
No. 81863429
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Kui Xing - China - 20th - mid (WW II)
Beautiful Chinese paintings with mineral color painting
Dimensions :141*65.5 CM(It does not include the mounting area, it simply refers to the size of the painting core.)
In Daoist tradition, Kui Xing is said to have been "bent and hunchbacked, as if he were an actual calligraphy character", and came to be viewed as a saint of human fortune, particularly with regard to imperial examinations.
As his form developed, people depicted Kui Xing's right foot standing on a character 鰲 (ao), a giant turtle, in reference to a traditional saying, 獨佔鰲頭, "to stand lonely on the ao's head", meaning coming in first in examinations
No. 81863429
Sold
Kui Xing - China - 20th - mid (WW II)
Beautiful Chinese paintings with mineral color painting
Dimensions :141*65.5 CM(It does not include the mounting area, it simply refers to the size of the painting core.)
In Daoist tradition, Kui Xing is said to have been "bent and hunchbacked, as if he were an actual calligraphy character", and came to be viewed as a saint of human fortune, particularly with regard to imperial examinations.
As his form developed, people depicted Kui Xing's right foot standing on a character 鰲 (ao), a giant turtle, in reference to a traditional saying, 獨佔鰲頭, "to stand lonely on the ao's head", meaning coming in first in examinations
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