As spring approaches I was reminded of one of the Museum's most intriguing works of art. It is actually a set of four marble slabs that hang in the Chinese furniture gallery on the second floor.
The set is called the Four Seasons. The “images” on each piece are actually the natural pattern of a cross section of a specific type of marble from southern China. The appearance of rolling fog and clouds across green hills on this one represents spring.
The other three all contain the same type of patterns that indicate winter, summer and fall. I highly recommend a trip to Gallery 202 to see them all together.