Purity of Jade and Ice
Bird and Flower Wall Scroll

Purity of Jade and Ice

The Chinese title is "Bing Qing Yu Jie" which can be translated as, "Be pure like jade and clear like ice". This title implies somebody or something that is pure, clean and beautiful. It can mean untouched or unblemished (sometimes refers to virgins). The rest of the characters indicate this was painted in 2011 by JianQiu of the "Qing Feng" studio.

Close up view of the flower artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll

About the Art

The paper has an interesting watermark texture, giving it a very unique and special look.

This is a simplistic painting style, but it also incorporates a lot of detail. This painting really mimics the style of Chinese artwork that has been around for thousands of years.

This artwork is completely hand-painted, and is mounted to a handmade silk wall scroll in our workshop.

About the Artist:

The artist's name is (Wang Jian-Qiu). He lives in Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in Northern China (about 5 hours south of Beijing). I was introduced to this artist's work at Qin Xia's studio in Jinan. This artist has been a long time friend of Qin Xia (You may recognize Qin Xia's name from artwork in our flowers and birds category). Wang Jian-Qiu also does some great detailed beautiful woman paintings, and occasionally does some landscapes for us as well.