Material: Chinese ink and color on paper with traditional paper backing
Size: 17.25 x 13 in.
Date: November 2016
Signed: Lu Kesi [in Chinese]
Seals: Lukesi (upper left, under signature), (upper right, under inscription), (lower right)
Inscription: “There’s no point in using a fish hook. The water is too polluted to eat the fish.” — From a sketch in the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of painting. Lu Kesi Nov 2016.
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$200
“There’s no point in using a fish hook. The water is too polluted to eat the fish.”
A color painting by Lu Kesi based on a black and white woodcut illustration from the Ming dynasty Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting—with added commentary not in the original.