On offer here is a remarkable plum blossom with butterflies painting of the great calligrapher. The demeanour and character of the plum tree serves as a metaphor for inner beauty and humble display under adverse conditions. The plum blossom is a member of the “Three Friends of Winter” alongside the pine and the bamboo. Symbolizing nobility, it is also one of the“Four Gentlemen”in Chinese art (the others being orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum). Popularly known as “The Lynx-Eyed Calligraphist”, Wan Wing Sum held his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong in 1938 followed by over 100 others internationally throughout his lifetime. Some of the countries he had exhibited in include China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, United States of America, Canada, Brazil, Turkey, Israel, Spain, The Netherlands and more. He was revered for his micro-calligraphy – a technique that involves inscribing no lesser than 3000 characters within a limited space of one square of an inch without any optical aid – which was developed since the age of 12. At age 19, he was acclaimed as the youngest genius in the Lingnan school of art by one of the leading newspaper in China after his exhibition in Shanghai in 1941. Wherever he went to present his masterpieces, his work was greatly admired by government officials and local dignitaries as well as the public. The production company Warner Brothers produced educational films and newsreels to record the artist’s remarkable achievements in Chinese calligraphy when he visited Hollywood in the 1950s.