Description
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.
Provenance
(Heisando Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith); The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art (? by 1980–1985); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1985–)
Accession Number
1985.364
Medium
Album leaf; ink and light color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 23.8 x 25.6 cm (9 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
