A cat paired with a butterfly is a classic rebus in Chinese painting: spoken aloud, 'cat and butterfly' (mao die) sounds like the phrase for a person aged seventy to eighty, making the pairing a popular wish for long life. Painters including the Qing-dynasty monk-artist Xugu took up the theme, rendering it in the loose, lively brushwork typical of nineteenth-century Shanghai School painting.
Jacquard-woven both sides in soft, durable yarn; insert included.
