The Magic Gourd

Collection: Ellen and Michael Bartholomew

Media: Chinese ink and color on fibrous paper

Size: 11 x 23 cm.

Date: 2017

Inscription: The magic gourd. By Lu Kesi 2017.

Seal: Lu Kesi (under inscription)

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Description

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. This painting was not used in the book but—before color was added—the line drawing was combined with another image in Photoshop to create the illustration for the last page of the text.