Original illustration. 5x7 matted to 8x10. Ink, metallic oil medium on card.

A symbol of fidelity in Korea and other parts of Asia.

"When I die I’ll tell you what I’ll be
I’ll be the water.
The water of the brooks and rivers
The water of the boundless seas
When You die you’ll be a bird.
Not a blue crane, Nor white gull.
You shall be a mandarin duck that never leaves its mate.
A mandarin duck swimming on the green waters.
And I will know it is you.
My love, my lovely one."
-A line from the play Chunhyang