{"product_id":"shitao-zhu-ruoji-returning-home-ca-1695-v4-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Shitao (Zhu Ruoji) - Returning Home - ca. 1695 v4 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eShitao (Zhu Ruoji) - Returning Home - ca. 1695 v4 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn ink landscape unfolds across a rectangular leaf, with a small arched bridge, a boat on a river, and bare trees rising up a hillside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParchment cream fills the field, and ink grey carries the drawing: loose, wet washes that describe distant hills and water with economy. The bridge and boat are small against the expanse, so the open space does as much work as the brushstrokes. Olive brocade frames the leaf, its hexagonal lattice repeating in a tight, ordered rhythm that contrasts with the freer painting inside. A seal red mark sits within the scene, and the characters 石涛 identify the painter, Shitao.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReturning home is one of the central motifs of classical Chinese poetry, philosophy and painting. Here it signals the Taoist ideals of reclusion, personal integrity and spiritual homecoming: withdrawing from official life to find harmony with nature. The bridge and boat mark the journey, while the bare trees and quiet river suggest the stillness of arrival. Shitao, one of the most inventive individualist painters of the early Qing dynasty, reworked traditional brushwork and composition, and this album leaf from around 1695 shows that mastery at its most concentrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOn the Kiss-Cut Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is cut to its own outline, so the lattice border and the painted leaf become the shape of the object itself rather than a rectangle set on top of it. The image reads as a single, deliberate form, and the small scale suits a piece of art meant to be looked at closely, the way a leaf in an album is studied up close. For collectors of Chinese painting, it turns a fragment of Qing literati culture into something they can carry and place.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2 Inch \/ Transparent","offer_id":48548046471386,"sku":"10734250438686888162","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 Inch \/ White","offer_id":48548046504154,"sku":"13870154263104328639","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3 Inch \/ Transparent","offer_id":48548046536922,"sku":"90016512515503254342","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3 Inch \/ White","offer_id":48548046569690,"sku":"26125898119832487330","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 Inch \/ Transparent","offer_id":48548046602458,"sku":"37574904937155727886","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 Inch \/ White","offer_id":48548046635226,"sku":"32404112394840265075","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6 Inch \/ Transparent","offer_id":48548046667994,"sku":"10015209244878963455","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6 Inch \/ White","offer_id":48548046700762,"sku":"55540369272462966087","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/shitao-zhu-ruoji-returning-home-ca-1695-v4-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-unknown-alt-3.webp?v=1788534108","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/shitao-zhu-ruoji-returning-home-ca-1695-v4-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}