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April 19, 2024, 06:52:33 pm
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Peasants/Farmers and Scholars Garden

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« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2016, 08:52:10 am »
Dear George,

When I saw this bottle it reminded me of the old Japanese scroll caricatures. I am posting a caricature. Look familiar?

The Japanese were always poking fun and this picture seems to be an over-exaggeration of the two men's plight.

The begger is also one of the immortals - Li Tieguai. And here's an interesting line from wikipedia about him: A vapour cloud emanates from the gourd, and within it is the sage's hun (soul); which may be depicted as a formless shape or as a miniature double of his bodily self.

Wink

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