Cleveland Museum of Art
Insects and Bamboo
- Date
- 1200s
- Medium
- Album leaf; ink and light color on silk
- Culture
- China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This painting represents a microcosm (a world in small) of the Jiangnan ecosystem: while the bush cricket feeds on bamboo, the male widow-skimmer dragonfly is a predator of small insects like mosquitos. Mosquitoes, abundant in late summer and early autumn, suggest the fall season.
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