chinese proverb painting
by ngan siu-mui

a thousand cups of wine is not enough

Chinese brushwork, acrylic on canvas

8x24 in
$350 cad

Meaning

The phrase explained the relationship of bosom friends. Even after a thousand cups of wine, sharing our friendship would need many more.

That phrase is taken from the Chinese novel “Dragon Biography”. The main subject is about the emperor Zhao Kuang-Yin's youth, before he became founder of the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644)

Composition

• Style: chinese calligraphy in cursive script
  There should have been seven characters in the artwork; the sixth one (leaves) has been omitted and the artist drew falling leaves instead; a graphical ellipsis.
• Seal (bottom-right)
  Picture writing of the character “Wine”