Lychees – (Ding Fuzhi) ◄ voorgaand Volgende ►

Artist: Ding Fuzhi

Tatum: 1941

Trootte: 20 x 56 cm

Techniek: Paper

The cool graphic beauty of Ding"s image and of his Shang oracle-bone script express the pleasure he felt upon receiving lychees from a friend traveling in the south, where the fruit grows.Shou Xi"s poem (on the left) describes how the Tang emperor Xuanzong (r. 712-56) employed the imperial messenger service to bring ripe lychees from Canton to his favorite concubine, Yang Guifei, at the capital, Chang"an (modern Xi"an).