“Silver Flowers and Jade Trees Are Not Spring Scenery; The Snow Palace and Ice Palace Are Like Another World” Zhuan Script Couplet by Wang Shuyou Dragon Soars Over the Nine Continents Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, UAE | August 2024
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Description:
This Zhuan Script couplet reads: “Silver flowers and jade trees are not spring scenery; the snow palace and ice palace are like another world.” The work evokes an ethereal winter scene, contrasting opulent imagery with the purity of snow and ice, suggesting beauty beyond the usual seasons.
The piece is executed in Zhuan Script (Seal Script), characterized by its ancient, pictographic forms and balanced, harmonious structure.
Excerpt Translation:
Silver flowers and jade trees are not spring scenery;
The snow palace and ice palace are like another world.
Calligraphy Style:
Zhuan Script (Seal Script)
Couplet format
Dimensions:
138 × 44 cm
(54 1/3 × 13 1/3 in)
One-of-a-kind original handwritten calligraphy work. Unframed.
About the Artist:
Wang Shuyou, from Hebei Province, has been selected for the Eighth National Exhibition of Fine Arts. He has won the First Prize in Heilongjiang Province in the inaugural National Teachers “Chinese Language Newspaper Cup” Competition, the Silver Award in the 10th “Qunxing Award” of Heilongjiang Province, and the Excellence Award in the “Wenzhaoyuan Shang Oracle Bone Script Calligraphy and Seal Carving Exhibition.”