Height 9CM ，Width 6CM

Working hours: 458h

Main picture:Double cat playing butterfly

depicts two kittens playing and chasing butterflies, looking lively and lovely. The cat’s hair and movements are meticulous, full of dynamic feeling, the top of the picture has the title “Double cats playing butterfly”, equipped with the artist’s seal, the picture is delicate and full of life fun. Two cats playing with butterflies symbolizes longevity.

In Chinese painting art, cat is a common theme, because of its auspicious and beautiful moral symbol, so it has become the mascot of many painters. We often see and hear lucky cat, so cats have the meaning of wealth; cats have the same pronunciation as “mao,” so cats in traditional Chinese painting often represent the beautiful meaning of longevity. Cat and butterfly, sound with “old”, and old, refers to the age of about eighty to ninety years old, very old, so, cat and butterfly, is Chinese painting, meaning longevity and happiness, very auspicious and beautiful. Cats and other themes together, meaning more square, such as cats and fish, meaning longevity surplus; cats and peony, meaning longevity and wealth; cats and birds, meaning rise.

Secondary picture:Butterflies love flowers

depicts a butterfly dancing in the flowers scene, the background flowers luxuriant, butterfly posture light, lifelike. Fine lines, soft colors, full of vitality. The artist’s signature and seal on the right side of the picture further enhance the artistic value of the work.

Note: The snuff bottle material is “old pink”, this pink is fired with a special formula and special temperature, pink naturally appears on the inside of the glass, so it is not simply painted with pink paint. Because of the paint smear, the background color of the picture is very “stiff”. However, in 2011, with the death of the last craftsman who made “old pink”, snuff bottles made of “old pink” are no longer produced.