Watercolour on paper

Signed on the front.

Inspired by Year of the Tiger with auspicious wishes to welcome the lunar new year. The flowers, lantern, and tiger pillow symbolize family reunion, longevity, and good fortune. The original model of the flower vase is an unearthed black glazed porcelain vase made between 1271-1368 adding another layer of culture and history to the painting.

This artwork has been professionally mounted for framing and preservation purposes. The mounting cost is included in the price.

The artist has used multiple Mogu (boneless painting) and new meticulous ink painting techniques including color bleeding, water bleeding, dyeing, ink sketching, and color glazing. Mogu is a unique painting technique in the Chinese brush painting family in which the artist paints the objects with ink and color washes rather than outlines. This painting style can be traced back to 557 AD in Liang Dynasty and then mastered by the artists in Tang Dynasty in 723 AD. In the Late-Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, the Mogu painting pieces were highly valued and collected by the royal families in China.

The Xuan paper (also called rice paper) used for the painting is specifically sourced from its place of origin the Jing county in Anhui Province of China, hand-made with its local plantations which makes the medium non-replicable.