Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Golden Carps
1999, oil on canvas, 46 x 51 cm
Bank Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Series
Prosperity Carps
Carp at play in blue water, lotus opening on a pond. These are classical Chinese subjects of prosperity and purity, painted in oil with the same attention Tan gives a harbour sky. They show the second engine of his art: not observation of what is vanishing, but continuity with what is inherited.
13 works in this series
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Golden Carps
1992, oil on canvas, 40 x 70 cm
Mr & Mrs Dr. Lim Huat Beng
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Golden Carps
1994, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in
Mr Sim Teong Khang
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Golden Carps
1994, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in
Mr Sim Teong Khang
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Golden Carps
1994, oil on canvas, 8 x 10 in
Mr Chong Kok Peng
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Golden Carps
1996, oil on canvas, 17 x 18 in
Mr & Mrs Loke Gim Tay
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Golden Carps
1997, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in
Mr & Mrs Vivek Sharma
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Golden Carps
1998, oil on canvas, 19 x 21 in
Mr Koay Bin Yong
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Golden Carps
1999, oil on canvas, 18 x 20 in
Bank Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Golden Fishes
oil on canvas, 12.5 x 13.5 in
Mr Sim Teong Khang
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Prosperity Carps (Ikan Karp)
1998, oil on canvas, 18 x 20 in
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Prosperity Carps (Ikan Karp)
2003, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Prosperity Carps (Ikan Karp)
2004, oil on canvas, 18 x 20 in