Material: Chinese ink and watercolor on paper with traditional paper backing
Date: November 2016
Signed: 2016 Autumn Lu Kesi [in Chinese]
Seals: The Colonel (upper right), Lu Kesi (middle left, under signature)
Inscription: “What took you so long to get here with our order?” — From a sketch in the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of painting. Lu Kesi Nov 2016.
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$200
“What took you so long to get here with our order?”
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.