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Cicada on tree branch; Wang Zhen (1867–1938); China, modern period, autumn 1919; fan mounted as album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper (Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Freer Gallery of Art, F1998.222.2)

Cicadas as Symbols of Rebirth in Chinese Art

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