May you live in peace and leisure
安居
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Pun Design: Quails + Chrysanthemum
Punning Details:
The word ‘an 鹌’ in ‘an chun 鹌鹑’ for ‘quail’ makes a pun on ‘an 安’ for ‘peace’. The word ‘ju 菊’ in ‘ju hua 菊花’ for ‘chrysanthemum’ puns on the word ‘ju 居’ for ‘to live’. Thus, the composition forms a pictorial pun that conveys the auspicious message of ‘May you live in peace and leisure’.
画面要素：鹌鹑 + 菊花
谐音详情：‘鹌鹑’ 中 ‘鹌’ 与 ‘安’ 谐音, ‘菊花’ 中 ‘菊’ 与 ‘居’ 谐音
Related Pun Pictures:
Fig 1: Wild Chrysanthemum and Quails in the Autumn, ink and colour on silk, Li Anzhong 李安忠 (active in 1119-1162), courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 2: lidded porcelain jar with enamelled decoration, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 3: copper lidded jar with enamelled decoration, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 4: porcelain cup, 18th century, courtesy of the British Museum, London
Fig 5 & 6: snuff-bottles, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing
Fig 7 & 8: porcelain dishes, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), courtesy of Mr Wu Pei’s private collection, Belgium
Fig 9: Living in Peace and Leisure (An Ju Tu 安居图), ink and colour on silk, Yu Fei’an 于非闇 (1889–1959), private collection