OrasinicaFrom oracle bones to modern Chinese characters.

Gallery

8 posters across 8 characters.

Tiger poster: a yawning tiger reclining on warm handmade paper, with five forms of the character 虎 beneath it — oracle-bone, bronze, seal, clerical and modern script.
虎hǔtiger
Fire poster: a bronze basin of glowing coals and a three-tongued flame on a black field, with five forms of the character 火 above it in ember-coloured light.
火huǒfire
Horse poster: an ink-wash rearing horse on quiet paper, with a vertical column of the character 馬 from oracle-bone script to the modern traditional 馬 and simplified 马.
马/馬mǎhorse
Poster of the ancient character 夒: an ink-wash monkey holding a peach on warm paper, with a left-hand column of six historical and modern forms of 夒.
夒náomonkey-like animal
Dog poster: an ink-wash Chinese rural dog sniffing the ground with its tail raised, with a row of five forms of the character 犬 in the upper left.
犬quǎndog
Mountain poster: a three-peaked ink mountain in mist on warm handmade paper, with five forms of the character 山 beneath it from oracle-bone script to the modern character.
山shānmountain
Head poster: an abstract childlike painted face with flame-shaped hair above five forms of 首, from oracle-bone script to the modern character.
首shǒuHead
Moon poster: a crisp crescent moon on a black field, with five pale forms of the character 月 in a row beneath it.
月yuèmoon