Shop

This fine inside painted snuff bottle depicts Puyi receiving a servant in his golden palace. A pair of cranes appears beside the throne. Cranes became a standard decoration for Qing dynasty rooms in the Forbidden City of Beijing. They act as candle stands, but mainly they convey a wish for the emperor to live long. The artist, Zheng Shikui, is a pupil of Master painter Wang Xisan. He was born in 1951 in Hengshui and was a Ji school student.

Real size: 9.4 x 6.3 cm

Material options:
• Clear Plexiglass -> The photo is printed on a 4 mm thick aluminium plate and then covered with a 3 mm clear plexiglass.
• Fine Art Paper -> Is a gloss paper with a fine structure, reminiscent of Baryta. It is printed with 12 different colors and 3 shades of grey. The photo is pasted on an aluminium plate of 4 mm thick.