Box in the shape of a “Buddha’s hand” citron
Qing dynasty (1644-1911) / Amber / 3″x2 1/2″ / The Met, NY, NY
Category Archives: December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month!
December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month! #10
Transplanting of the Bread-Fruit Trees from Otaheite
by Thomas Gosse
1796 / Handcoloured mezzotint / 21″x25″ / Various collections,
including National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
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December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month! #9
Fantastic Hairdress with Fruit and Vegetable Motif
by anonymous artist, based on an etching by Matthew Darly
18th century / Watercolor on canvas laid down on board
17 1/4″x22″ / The Met, NY, NY
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December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month! #8
Radishes by Li Shan
1730s-40s / Ink and color on paper / 9 3/8″x11 3/4″
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, DC
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December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month! #7
Boy with a Carrot by François Boucher
1738 / Pastel on buff laid paper / 12″x9 3/5″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL
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December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month! #6
Turnips by Rocho van Veen
17th century / Watercolor and brown ink on paper / 8 3/4″x11″ / Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
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December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month! #5
Still Life with Lemons, Oranges, and Pomegranates
by Jacob Fopsen van Es
c.1660 / Oil on copper / 18 3/4″x28 3/4″
Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month! #4
Bananas and Guavas by Albert Eckhout
c.1641-1643 / Oil on canvas / 35 4/5″x35 4/5″ / National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK
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December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month! #3
A Parrot Perched on a Mango Tree; a Ram Tethered Below
by anonymous artist from Deccan plateau of south-central India
c.1630–70 / Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper / 9 7/16″x5 9/16″
Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, Hyderabad, India
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December is Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month! #2
Painting of Mice Nibbling on a Watermelon by Shin Saimdang
16th Century / From an eight-panel folding paper screen
Image 13″x11″ / National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
The Misty Miss Christy 