[Wang Shimin’s Dragon Boat Painting Axis]
The Dragon Boat Painting Axis, Qing Dynasty, Wang Shimin’s painting, paper book, ink pen, 100.8 cm vertically and 40.1 cm horizontally
This picture is signed with the following words: “The old man of Xilu plays ink at the Dragon Boat Festival on the third day.” The seal of “Wang Shimin” (Zhu Wen) and “the old man of Xilu” (Bai Wen) are stamped below. The collection includes “Tongyin Collection” and “Lu Runzhi Collection”. Bingchen was born in 1676, the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. Wang Shimin was 85 years old
This picture is a seasonal painting by Wang Shimin for the Dragon Boat Festival. It depicts several seasonal flowers in early summer, such as calamus, hollyhock, hairpin and rose. It is a folk custom to weave calamus and wormwood into sections during the Dragon Boat Festival to fumigate mosquitoes, so calamus and wormwood are the representatives of the Dragon Boat Festival. The flowers painted in this picture are concise, clean, fresh and elegant, and represent the auspicious and festive mood. This picture is a rare ink flower by Wang Shimin in his later years
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