~Dorothy Gilman
Happy Art Thursday! It's autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, which is a good time to take a look at gourds. Gourds include the edible kind like pumpkins, squash, and melons and the inedible kind which are used for decoration, vessels, etc. (Cucumbers also count as an edible gourd, which I'm still ? about.)
Catching a Catfish with a Gourd
Utagawa Kunisada
Seated Old Man about to Drink from a Gourd, c. 1763
Francesco Londonio
Courge (white–flowered gourd) from La Plante et ses Applications ornementales (1896)
illustrated by Maurice Pillard Verneuil. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
John Francis Leathers, the owner, in apron touching the stem of a large gourd
Lithograph made by: Thomas Picken Printed by: Day & Co
Mills' seed catalogue, 1900
Lagenaria siceraria
gourd-lamps-calabarte-8b 4
1 comment:
And also gourds with seeds within can be musical instruments. :-)
I really liked the Lagenaria siceraria piece...just beautiful.
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