May You Enjoy Good Fortune and Longevity

Fú Shòu Yán Nián

The Chinese title is 福壽延年 or "fú shòu yán nián" which translates as, "May You Enjoy Good Fortune and Longevity".

The characters after that read 丁酉年, an ancient way to indicate that this was painted in 2017. The artist signed it, 袁野畫, or "Yuan Ye Painted" (畫 is a character that in this context means, "painted by").

Materials used are watercolors on handmade xuan paper. The painting was then mounted with a copper-brown-colored silk brocade matting/border.

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About the Artist:

This was hand painted by (Yuan Ye) who lives near Guilin in Southern China. Most of his paintings feature fish which are his specialty.