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Celebrate chinese new year with Zhang Huan

“In China, the new year represents the family reunion… the cult of the ancestors as you invite your ancestors to come back home for the moment of the new year, and transmission among generations,” observes the artist Zhang Huan.​

Zhang Huan

In “Eaux-de-vie”, his monumental masterpiece for Maison Hennessy, the artist pays pictorial and metaphorical tribute to spirituality and celebration, a gesture further elevated by the start of a fresh 12-year cycle with the Year of the Rat — representing new beginnings, possibility and infinite hope.​

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The Rat is the first, the smallest and also the most alert, intelligent animal in the Chinese zodiac. It is free, intelligent and full of spirit,” he notes. “In my work I tried to express this through different colors on large and small life cells. My wish was to let people experience the hope of life, the true meaning of life.

HENNESSY V.S.O.P

Hennessy V.S.O.P was commissioned in 1817 by the future King George IV of England to enthral guests at a colorful gathering.

It’s the very first passionate achivement of Hennessy’s original Master Blender, Jean Fillioux, whose family has continued to perfect it for eight generations over two centuries.

With its inviting nose of sweet apricot and its charming palate of voluptuous vanilla and mellow oak, Hennessy V.S.O.P is smooth, charming and all embracing.


 

 

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