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Asian watercolor of reclining Buddha Artist

Posted By: I.Nagy
Posted Date: Nov 12, 2017 (04:30 AM)

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Reading of inscription:
夢蝶     Dream Butterfly
庚辰年    Year of Metal-Dragon (2000)
Signature:
果正 作   Painted by Guo Zhen
Seal:
果正     Guo Zhen
Under this name I couldn`t find painter in Chinese language net.

Explanation to the title;
It is an allusion to the widely known story in China which is called "Butterfly Dream of Zhuang Zhou.
Zhang Zhou dreams of a butterfly or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhang Zhou.
Zhang Zhou (369-286 BC) was a Taoist author.

With regards,
I.Nagy



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