It also became a popular subject with literati painters, under whose brush it still signified numerous descendants, such as in this inscription to a painting of pomegranates by Wang Ku-hsiang of the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644): Break open a pomegranate; the gorgeous pulp is set with seeds like teeth of coral.
畫筆下的石榴，除審美目的之外，依然象徵子孫繁昌，明代畫家王毅祥體石榴便寫道：「榴房拆錦囊，珊瑚何齒齒。