A gnarled old pine with a twisting reddish trunk and dark green needles leaning over a rock, painted in a round fan shape on white.
A smaller round picture of the same twisting old pine tree over a dark rock, on white.
Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

No. 10 of 108 · A Hundred Worlds

Old Pine

Pictures by Hu Zhengyan

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A gnarled old pine leans over a dark rock inside a round fan picture by Hu Zhengyan, from the Ten Bamboo Studio book printed in colour in Nanjing in 1633. The pine stays green through every winter, and in Chinese art it stands for a long and steady life. For someone whose years you want to honour.

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From the Ten Bamboo Studio, a book printed in colour in 1633 / OLD PINE / Round Fans · Nanjing, 1633 / A picture for a round fan: an old pine over a rock. The pine stays green through every winter, a sign of a long and steady life.

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