Queen Victoria loves to drink tea. She especially love her porcelain tea sets with Peonies and Butterflies. Perhaps, it could be her lasting desire for a strong and prosperous England that even the 花王 (king of flowers - Peony) is together with 福叠 (piles of fortune - Butterflies) which are painted with gold all over the teapots and cups she drank from.
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| Queen Victoria's Favourite! |
Only since retiring, Master Yun is then able to put the brush into the inkwell and drew out beautiful art pieces featuring Peonies and Peaches, as well as Peonies and Rocks. Both types of paintings portrayed prosperous meanings, bringing you the luscious feeling of richness and abundance in life. Moreover, these paintings do have fengshui purposes when combined with other Lotus treasures, like the crystal sculptures.
Despite looking like a chinese painting, the manner of painting differs greatly from a classical one. One would notice the gold paints in place of black paints for leaves. Where will you see gold leaves on a chinese-style painting?
At Lotus on Water.
At first look at the peonies, I feel its like an impressionist painting. Until I saw the chinese poem then I realized I am in the midst of a chinese painting. Because of the peonies huge size, Master Yun used various reds to bring out the vividness of the flowers. The 3D effect is so much so I feel like plucking the beautiful peony.
The peonies are accompanied by the Lotus Prosperity song that hangs from the branches like grapes of harvests. With the bloom of the peonies, we also get the fruits of the Lotus Prosperity song. This is a wonderful combination.
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| Abundance and Prosperous Painting by Master Yun |
A rich painting you can dream with, sing with and prosper with. Do you want to own one?
---Shiyi
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