Drie Kamelen, papier, 78.5x30.3
Li Shida serves up a brilliant visual pun in this Ming Dynasty scroll, depicting three hunchbacked men humorously nicknamed 'camels' because of their curved spines. Instead of mocking them, the scene feels like a lively gathering of friends—one holds a drum, another gestures as if mid-joke. The massive calligraphy above delivers a witty philosophical punchline by Qian Yinzhi: 'There are no straight people in the world anyway,' turning physical deformity into a metaphor for the universal human condition. It's a rare, laugh-out-loud moment of empathy in classical art.
- Technique
- Ink on paper
- Material
- Paper
- Dimensions
- 78.5 x 30.3 cm