Minneapolis Institute of Art
Pomegranates
Wu Changshuo; Calligrapher: Zhang Bingling
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper, wood
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
The pomegranates represent vigorous fertility because of the fruit's numerous seeds--a pun implying sons. The image in art, therefore, is imbued with a good wish for numerous offspring. The playful poem reads: While eating pearl-like pomegranate seeds I also throw the seeds at sparrows I painted this at age 83. China, Asia
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