{"product_id":"zk-tczk4524","title":"Zhong Kui | The Figure in the Painting | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Figure Painting | 101x50cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZhong Kui | The Figure in the Painting | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Figure Painting | 101x50cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ink, Zhong Kui whirls with his sword, robes flying, the motion sweeping through the scroll like a cyclone; the brush darts like dragon and snake, dry-flying ink tones interlacing, as if the figure would leap out of the painting yet freezes between emerging and not. The words \"figure in the painting\" meet this half-real, half-illusory form, adding a layer of charm where self and subject dissolve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Figure in the Painting\" is the artist's playful riddle for the viewer: might the Zhong Kui in the picture also be another \"I\"? When one is wholly absorbed in what one does, merged with the world under one's brush or hand, one enters the state where self and object are forgotten. It is both the artist's immersion \"from within\" and a way of living: love self-forgetfully, live with full focus, and one becomes the most vivid \"figure in the painting\" of one's own life-scroll. Painted in the spare freehand (xieyi) manner, the work uses bold, economical strokes in which ink and cinnabar range from dense to pale, bringing Zhong Kui to life in just a few assured marks. The figure is delightfully exaggerated yet disciplined, weaving a contemporary, good-humored spirit into the folk tradition of the demon-quelling, blessing-bringing deity—at once solemn and playful. In Chinese folklore the cinnabar-red Zhong Kui guards the home and wards off evil; the artist revitalizes this age-old theme in freehand spirit. Each piece is an original, non-reproducible hand-painted work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSize: approx. 101×50cm (4.5 square chi) | Traditional hand-painted Chinese ink figure painting | On paper\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Treascol Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47472709337276,"sku":"TCzk4524","price":6900.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/6291\/0652\/files\/92e612ce1b6d7e525fd95cb335227c97.jpg?v=1789294637","url":"https:\/\/treascol.com\/en-en\/products\/zk-tczk4524","provider":"Treasure Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}