Evening Glimmer /cup and saucer

Majestic Mt. Jade towers into the clouds, surrounded by a myriad peaks, shaped by ancient glaciers, as white as jade in the cold, clear winter, far beyond reach. It is the sacred mountain of the Bunun and Tsou peoples, and the spiritual home of the artist. The concise, poetic painting has been transformed into gilt porcelain, symbolizing beauty as fine as gold and jade, in praise of the sky and earth. Majestic Mt. Jade towers into the clouds, surrounded by a myriad peaks, shaped by ancient glaciers, as white as jade in the cold, clear winter, far beyond reach. It is the sacred mountain of the Bunun and Tsou peoples, and the spiritual home of the artist. The concise, poetic painting has been transformed into gilt porcelain, symbolizing beauty as fine as gold and jade, in praise of the sky and earth. About the masterpiece Accumulated Snow on Jade Mountain ca. 1947 Oil on wood 23.5×33cm Private collection The crimson earth, the luxuriant green hills, the snow-capped mountains, the silent and murky canopy of a deep blue sky, the profound and majestic atmosphere, all accumulated in thick layers of oil paint, piling up the artist's reverence and praise for the natural world. 　　Simple strokes of the brush contain a variety of colors. In this painting, Chen Cheng-po is no longer telling a long story, but a poem in a condensed voice. In the lines of the poem, the Jade Mountain stands tall, and in the pristine white light, one seems to be able to see the spiritual soul of the island.