Auspicious sayings, both paraphrasing the Five Elements concept of perpetual regeneration, appear as calligraphic characters in a flowing script, sculpted in pewter and treated in a silky black finish to contrast against extravagantly textured golden panels in bonded porcelain. Ideograms of the Five Elements in pewter nestle amongst the calligraphy.

About the collection
The millennia-old Five Elements philosophy, conceived to explain natural phenomena, and to restore balance and harmony, forms the core of Freeman Lau’s collection. A 4-character seal for ‘perpetual regeneration’, a tenet of the concept, marks the collection.