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Lychee
Qi Baishi Chinese
Not on view
Qi Baishi painted this imposing image of a lychee tree in full fruit when he was eighty-eight years old. Because of their copious fruits, lychees are considered symbols of abundance and fertility, making them suitable for expressing a wish for the birth of children. Qi borrowed the inscribed verses from a poem by the Tang dynasty poet Xu Yin (849–938).
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