This work was created by Ms. Li Shaoyue

Height 9CM, Width 6 CM

Working hours: 542h

Main picture:Double eyebrow

Indigo crown laughingthrush perched on a flower branch. The feather texture of eyebrow bird is delicate and elegant. The colorful flowers in the background contrast beautifully with the black-and-white of the browed birds. Indigo crown laughingthrush is only distributed in China, and its distribution area is limited to some small mountain villages in Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province. There are only more than 150 of them left. The threatened status of the species is “extremely endangered”, which is even rarer than giant panda. On the lower left side of the pattern, Ms. Li Shaoyue’s signature “Shaoyue” is written.

Sub-picture: Lotus carp

depicts a red carp and a lotus flower. The carp swims beside the lotus flower, vivid in appearance and delicate in detail. Carp has always been regarded as a symbol of auspicious signs in Chinese traditional culture. As early as Han Dynasty, there was a song in Yuefu that “Chi Su is like residual snow, forming double carp”. In ancient times, letters were called “double carp”. Therefore, ancient people often sent books with Chi Su (alias of letters) forming double carp shape. Descendants to Pisces this theme implies auspicious harvest, swimming fish playing in the water is a symbol of love between men and women, happy children. On the top left of the picture is the poem “Fish playing among lotus leaves” and the artist’s seal.

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.