Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s4.t3.63

v2.c11.s4.t3.63

Daqian, and Zhang Daqian also once copied Ye Qianyu’s *India’s Pushpanjali*. In 1981, he re-painted *India’s Pushpanjali* and had it sent to Zhang Daqian, who wrote a preface for it, which said, “Every time he paints the dancers in Shantiniketan, India, he depicted the singular gesture and elegant pose as if flying away.”