瓜図, Melons, Muromachi period (1392–1573), late 16th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 13 1/4 × 18 1/8 in. (33

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瓜図, Melons, Muromachi period (1392–1573), late 16th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 13 1/4 × 18 1/8 in. ( × 46 cm), Paintings, Yamada Dōan (Japanese, second half of the 16th century), Images of fruits and vegetables, like this pair of melons, were often displayed in Zen temples and served as symbolic offerings to Buddhist icons. Although such images were already being made by the Song dynasty in China, ink paintings of isolated fruits and vegetables became exceedingly popular in the late Muromachi-period Japan, where they were associated with the celebrated Chinese Chan (Japanese: Zen) painter Muqi (ca

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