Tiger
Chinese Calligraphy Scroll
This Chinese character is "hu" which means tiger.
In Mandarin Chinese this word is pronounced kind of like the English word "who".
In Chinese culture, the tiger is seen as the king of all animals.
Proof of this can be found by looking at another character "wang" which is written like this...
This character means "king".
If you have ever looked at a tiger face to face, you will see the fur on the tiger's head is in a similar shape to this "wang character" - take a look...
If you aren't Chinese, it might take a little imagination to see the symbol on the tiger's head, but anyone who speaks and writes Chinese will tell you that it's true.
This is a great gift for a real tiger-lover
It should be noted that tiger is normally written like this: 
However, calligraphers often like to write the more stylized alternate version which in printed form looks like this: 
This wall scroll features the stylized/alternate version of tiger.
This piece is painted with special Chinese ink on rice paper mounted to a traditional gold-colored silk scroll.
Chinese Calligraphy is only practiced by those with a keen and agile hand. It is an art that dates back thousands of years, and great artists, writers, and poets are often admired for their calligraphy ability and style.
This piece is painted with special Chinese ink on rice paper mounted to a traditional gold-colored silk scroll.
Chinese Calligraphy is only practiced by those with a keen and agile hand. It is an art that dates back thousands of years, and great artists, writers, and poets are often admired for their calligraphy ability and style.
The artist's name is "Shou Shi" who is from Guilin, China. He is a master calligrapher with excellent calligraphy skills.
To create this art, Shou Shi used special Chinese ink on xuan paper (rice paper). Later, in our Beijing workshop, this artwork was mounted as a silk scroll by hand.
This hanging scroll is really nice since it doesn't require framing. Just hang it on your wall as Chinese people have done for centuries.
I guess I should mention that this scroll is specially priced. This calligraphy artwork was originally part of our effort to find and secure a master calligrapher to do most or all of our calligraphy offerings. Upon receiving this batch of artwork a couple years ago, I realized the huge logistic problems of having a calligrapher in Guilin, and our workshop in Beijing (over a thousand miles away). So I let this artwork sit until April of 2008. I have a lot invested in the artwork, and I need to recover a little of that money. This scroll should be priced at about $60-$70. So while I am losing money on these, at least I am recovering some of the cost.
