The
colour of autumn.
Wine, flowers in Cornwall and now the same shade again - the violet crimson of this pomegranate bought on Uxbridge Road... Still very much on the
Elektra theme.... viscous red liquid dripping from it stains the kitchen table.
It looks so extraordinary - little wonder people read meanings into it. It's a symbol of fertility naturally - all those seeds - and of what else?
Remember once looking at
the symbolism of the pomegranate in embroidery : pomegranate trees grow in Paradise according to Islamic tradition. It was the heraldic symbol of Catherine of Aragon, entwined with the Tudor rose on her ill fated wedding to Henry V111. There are a host of Virgins with Pomegranates - by Botticelli and by Leonardo to name a few. It's not a fruit for the faint hearted.
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| Virgin with Pomegranate/Sandro Botticelli |
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| Virgin with Pomegranate/Leonardo da Vinci |
