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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

Description

“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.