Lovely roosters depicted by Chinese painters

Roosters as depicted by Liu Kuiling sold for 968,000 yuan ($140,800) at the 2010 spring auctions of Sotheby's Hong Kong. [Photo/artron.net]

The rooster is the tenth of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs. In Chinese culture, the rooster represents fidelity and punctuality, for it announces the dawn and wakes people up on time in the morning. As the Year of the Rooster is here, let's look at some fabulous artworks with roosters depicted by Chinese painters.