Untitled (Young bamboo leaves)

Credit line: Gift of Mrs Wong Kwok Leong 2013, Collection of SMU

Bamboo is an integral part of China's history and culture, symbolising virtues like humility, flexibility, loyalty and resilience that are prevalent in poetic and artistic expression. It has been depicted throughout the ages in paintings and poetry as one of the ‘four men of honour' or ‘four gentlemen' along with the chrysanthemum, orchid and plum blossom.

Inscription:

聚舞荟萃。

(The bamboo leaves) assemble and dance together.