Media: Chinese ink and color on paper
Size: 24.8 x 16.2 cm.
Date: 2017
Inscription: Ten-Thousand Years Green. Called this because of its hardiness, the rohdea symbolizes ten-thousand years of good fortune. Drawn by Lu Kesi 2017.
Seal: Lu Kesi (center right, under inscription)
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The plant rohdea is known in China by the common name of Ten-Thousand Years Green because of its hardiness, and symbolizes ten-thousand years of good fortune. Created by Lu Kesi as an illustration for the book The Beyond Within: the Downtown Dao of Lan Su Chinese Garden by Daniel Skach-Mills.