Runtian Wu

Art 李菊梅画作LJM-102

吉祥图Good Fortune

Li Jumei 李菊梅

A square painting of a pomegranate branch with six pomegranates, some split open, and red flowers at the lower left, with two chicks looking up at a spider hanging on a thread; calligraphy at the upper left.View in detail 放大细观斗方:石榴一枝斜垂,石榴六枚或圆或裂,左下榴花,画下雏鸡两只仰望垂丝蜘蛛,左上题款。
No. 编号
LJM-102
Year 年代
2024 甲辰
Format 形制
斗方 Square sheet (doufang)
Medium 材质
设色纸本 Ink and color on paper
Size 尺寸
纵50厘米 横50厘米 50 × 50 cm (19¾ × 19¾ in)

About the painting 赏析

A square sheet. A branch of pomegranate hangs down from the upper right, its long narrow leaves swept out in blue-green and veined in ink. Six pomegranates hang from it, some whole and some split open to show glistening crimson seeds, their skins ochre flushed with rouge and flecked with ink; at the lower left a few vermilion pomegranate flowers. Below, two chicks, one yellow and one brown, look up at a spider letting itself down on a thread.

The title at the upper left reads “Good Fortune.” The many-seeded pomegranate wishes for many children, a spider dropping on its thread means joy falling from heaven, and ji, chicken, sounds like ji, good luck.

此为斗方。石榴一枝自右上斜垂而下,叶片细长,以青绿撇写,墨线勾筋;石榴六枚,或圆或裂,裂口处籽粒殷红晶莹,果皮赭黄间以胭脂,点以墨斑;左下枝头榴花数朵,朱红鲜艳。画下雏鸡两只,一黄一褐,仰首张望,上方蜘蛛一只垂丝而下,饶有趣味。

左上题“吉祥图”。石榴多子,寓多子多福;蜘蛛垂丝,谓之“喜从天降”;鸡谐“吉”,合而为吉祥之意。

Details 局部

  • Split pomegranates with crimson seeds.
    石榴裂口,籽粒殷红。Split pomegranates with crimson seeds.
  • Two chicks looking up at a spider on its thread.
    雏鸡两只,仰望垂丝蜘蛛。Two chicks looking up at a spider on its thread.
  • Pomegranates and red flowers at the lower left.
    左下石榴与榴花。Pomegranates and red flowers at the lower left.
A square painting of a pomegranate branch with six pomegranates, some split open, and red flowers at the lower left, with two chicks looking up at a spider hanging on a thread; calligraphy at the upper left.