Ceramic Cricket Jars in the Field Museum 



by Ho Chuimei, Lisa Adier and Bennet Bronson 

 photographs by Wong Wang-fai 



Painted hand scroll on silk, titled "Pictures of 100 Children. " with detail showing boys playing with crickets. The scroll probably dates to 

 the IBthor 1 9th centuries but bears the signature of Su Hanchen. a painter of the 12th century who was noted for his paintings of children 

 g at play. The style is not that of a genuine 12th-century work. 33724. 



