{"product_id":"059_melting-the-gold-and-predicting-the-future-woven-pillow","title":"Melting the Gold and Predicting the Future Woven Pillow","description":"\u003cp\u003ePainted in 1901 by the Qing dynasty artist Yu Guiyan, this work was included in the Art Institute of Chicago's exhibition on auspicious omens in premodern Chinese painting, a genre devoted to portents, prophecy, and fortune-telling practices. The scene of melting gold and predicting the future draws on a long Chinese tradition of interpreting natural or ritual phenomena as signs of what is to come. Paintings of this kind captured beliefs and practices that ran alongside more formal religious and philosophical traditions in Chinese life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacquard-woven both sides in soft, durable yarn; insert included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"Artwork \/ 17\" × 18\"","offer_id":44220893724737,"sku":"13195773366403323004","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8756\/5377\/files\/17878166525085844427_2048.jpg?v=1784316920","url":"https:\/\/marginaliaprints.com\/products\/059_melting-the-gold-and-predicting-the-future-woven-pillow","provider":"Marginalia Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}