[Painting Inspriation]
Monkey Painting,6.9in x 5.2in (17.5cm x13.1cm),complete in 2018,Miami
 
This monkey painting is inspired by my girlfriend’s 2 years old baby birthday gift. According to Chinese Zodiac, Monkey represents the year her baby was born. I paint a baby monkey in Chinese watercolor. This Chinese artwork is the best baby gift she received. She loves personalized gifts and put in her nursery room as table decorations. 
 
[Personalized Gift] 
Gallery can add customized name on a gift tag if you provide the customized name. You can find any 12 animal sign in this store and purchase per the birthday year which is instructed by the Chinese Culture Introduction below.
 
[Painting You Will Receive]
An original Chinese painting on Chinese rice paper without photo frame but with a black photo mat board only.
 
The Painting Designed for Simple Photo Frame Size as below:
You also can choose to purchase a frame in our gallery.
Painting Dimensions
7in x 5in (17.5cm x13.1cm)
 
Photo Frame Dimensions
Painting without a mat, width: 5 "    (13 cm)
Painting without a mat, height: 7 "   (18 cm)
The Painting with mat, width: 4 "      (10 cm)
The Painting with mat, height: 6 “    (15 cm)
Mat opening, width: 3 ½ "                  (09 cm)
Mat opening, height: 5 ½ "                 (14 cm)
Frame width: 6 "                                 (15 cm)
Frame height: 7 ¾ "                             (20 cm)
 
 
[Chinese Culture Introduction] 
The Chinese Zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao (生肖), is based on a twelve-year cycle, each year in that cycle related to an animal sign.These signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. It is calculated according to Chinese lunar calendar.
 
1.Year of Monkey 
1920,1932,1944,1956,1968,1980,1992,2004,2016,2028  
2.Year of the Rat
1912,1924,1936,1948,1960,1972,1984,1996,2008,2020,2032
3.Year of the Ox
1913,1925,1937,1949,1961,1973,1985,1997,2009,2021,2033
4.Year of the Tiger
1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022, 2034
5.Year of the Rabbit
1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023
6.Year of the Dragon
1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024
7.Year of the Snake
1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025, 2037
8. Year of the Horse
1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026
9.Year of the Sheep / Goat / Ram
1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027, 2039, 2051
10.Year of the Rooster
1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029
11.Year of the Dog
1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030, 2042
12.Year of the Pig
1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031, 2043
 
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