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Album leaf with a green katydid and a fly among golden leaves and purple flower spikes, beside a page of calligraphy.

Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 7

An album leaf showing a green katydid perched on a branch of golden, curling leaves with purple flower spikes, and a small green fly above it. On the left page, columns of black brush calligraphy sit beside red seals, painted on silk with soft ink and color.

Look closer: A small green fly hovers near the top left of the painted leaf.

Artist
Fan Qi
Date
early 1650s
Medium
album leaf, ink and color on silk
Source
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Size
3400 × 1782 px
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Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1659).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund