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<p>[QUOTE="JayBee, post: 2240263, member: 9259"]Chinese painting by painter GUO Changshui (郭长水) if I'm not mistaken. Will try and see if I can find any information on the artist, but this is a very common theme in Chinese (and Japanese) paintings.</p><p>...</p><p>The four first characters are 乙丑仲夏 meaning "mid summer of the year 乙丑", in full, 乙丑仲夏郭长水画, or "Painted by GUO Changshui midsummer of the year yichou." </p><p>Chinese artists and calligraphers use two character combinations to mark the year. It's what's called the sexagenary cycle, Stems-and-Branches or ganzhi. </p><p>I think 2017 was a yichou / 乙丑 year. 1957 would have been the previous one. </p><p>Given the condition of the paper (not very clear from the photos if it's mounted, is an original or a print,) might be either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JayBee, post: 2240263, member: 9259"]Chinese painting by painter GUO Changshui (郭长水) if I'm not mistaken. Will try and see if I can find any information on the artist, but this is a very common theme in Chinese (and Japanese) paintings. ... The four first characters are 乙丑仲夏 meaning "mid summer of the year 乙丑", in full, 乙丑仲夏郭长水画, or "Painted by GUO Changshui midsummer of the year yichou." Chinese artists and calligraphers use two character combinations to mark the year. It's what's called the sexagenary cycle, Stems-and-Branches or ganzhi. I think 2017 was a yichou / 乙丑 year. 1957 would have been the previous one. Given the condition of the paper (not very clear from the photos if it's mounted, is an original or a print,) might be either.[/QUOTE]
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