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Title: “THE EMPEROR’S ROSE”
Size: 23.125” W x 18.75” H (unframed)
Story:
As early as 500 B.C., Confucius wrote of the Emperor’s passion for roses. The Emperor was said to have over 600 books in his library on only the cultivation and harvesting of roses. The Imperial Rose Garden was legendary and the roses grown in that garden were harvested for their aromatic oils. Only nobility and the Emperor could be in possession of a rose or this essential oil. A commoner found with either was put to death. By the 18th century, the Chinese rose had been smuggled into Europe, not for their precious oil, but unlike European roses, Chinese roses flowered repeatedly. It is said no rose would ever refuse to bloom for the Son of Heaven.
Materials:
Acrylic, fluorescent and luminescent paints on heavy watercolor paper, bordered with wooden insets wrapped with Japanese silk, adorned at each corner with a late 1800’s painted silver Buddha from a Tibetan child’s hat, with outside panels covered with painted organza over late 1800’s Chinese “infinity” silk and metallic brocade, all mounted onto archival museum board.
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