Tea
Leave Sweet-smelling to Relax
By Qi Hong (Sai Koh) in 2018
Freehand brushwork style semi-seal
script Chinese calligraphy
69×34cm
Ink on Xuan paper
Chinese: 餘馥延遐 (Pinyin: yu fu
yan xia), lit. “tea leave sweet-smelling to relax”, a
word from the Tang Dynasty poem “xun shang ren yi zhu jian zi
cai xin cha yi zheng cou zhi yi shi”
Name inscription:
Chinese, 紅; pinyin, Hong; Japanese, Koh
Name seal: Chinese,
齊; pinyin, Qi; Japanese, Sai
Leisure seal:
Chinese, 一滴潤乾坤, lit. “a drop of water can moisten the universe”,
a proverb since the Song dynasty of China |