Year of the Cock

SKU #7906 Artists Wang Su Tags Artworks for Sale, Tokonoma Arts Scroll

Item #	#7906
ag_condition	Excellent
ag_artwork_year	Qing Late 19th Century
ag_medium_text	Ink and pigment on paper
ag_provenance	Chinese
ag_dimensions	overall 85" x 19.5" (216 x 49 cm); image 51" x 11-5/8" (129 x 29 cm)
ag_category	Scroll
Price	$1,800.00
	There are 12 animal signs in the Chinese zodiac. Therefore, everyone that is born will have an animal identification. There are books that tell about the personalities and characteristics of people born in those particular years. It is an intriguing and interesting thing that people discuss and talk about. The following painting refers to an animal year. However the story that is related is not reflecting the character or personality of a person born in that year, but is simply a story in Chinese literature that came to mind with the artist who drew this painting. He was undoubtedly a scholar who loved to draw and used the excuse of creating a series of zodiac related paintings. That artist's name was Wang Su. The paintings were done in the late 19th century, before the end of the Qing Dynasty. This painting refers to the year of the cock. This is a story about a man named Sung Chu Zong. This was a scholar who had a cock that he was very fond of. He put the cock in a cage and took him with him wherever he went. The cock could talk, and Sung Chu Zong and the cock would discuss the works and articles that he was writing. The cock was like a teach to him, and Sung Chu Zong became famous and well known because of his writings. 人物。王素。晚清（19世纪）。水墨设色纸本立轴。质优。此幅是晚清画家王素十二生肖故事人物条幅之一。