- TOP
- Buddha's Hands and Lychees
Overview
Buddha's Hands and Lychees
- Museum No.
- AK1029
| Title | Buddha's Hands and Lychees |
|---|---|
| Designation | |
| Artist | Qi Baishi (Qi Guang) |
| Category | Painting(A), Chinese Painting |
| Country | China |
| Period | Republic of China |
| Century | 20th |
| Year | Around the year 1924 |
| Quantity | |
| Materials | |
| Dimensions | |
| Inscription by | |
| Signature/Seals Etc | |
| Donor | Suma Michiaki |
- Share >
-
This object may be one within a set or the title of a set. To see all objects in the set, perform a Category Search by the Museum Number below, entering numerals only before the hyphen.
Related Works
Baishi did this painting filled with auspicious imagery as a gift for his beloved student Xuean Ruiguang (1878–1932). The Chinese pronunciation of the first character for “Buddha’s hand” (a kind of citrus fruit) is fu, which is a homonym of the word for “blessings” (fu). The first character in the Chinese word for “lychee” (li) is a pun on the words for “benefits” (li) or “clever” (li).
China-Republic of China