Running Jump

Material: Chinese ink and watercolor on paper with traditional paper backing

Date: December 2016

Inscription: “You just need a running start!” — From a sketch in the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of painting. Lu Kesi December 2016.

Seal: Lu (upper right under signature), Crazy about stones (upper left), Kesi (lower left)

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Description

“You just need a running start!”

A color painting by Lu Kesi based on a black and white woodcut illustration in the Ming dynasty Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting—with added commentary not found in the original.