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Golden Cock and Hen
Paintings of birds and flowers have a long tradition in East Asian art. In Korea folding screens depicting combinations of birds and flowers became prevalent in the late Joseon period and continued to be popular in the twentieth century.…

Pintreeanddeer.jpg
Depicting idyllic landscapes, the two scrolls displayed here celebrate auspicious imagery, especially deer and pine trees. Originally they were probably part of a set featuring the ten symbols of longevity. The blue and green landscape setting also…

butterflyandpeony.JPG
Painting of Peony flower on lower right side of the painting and butterflies flying upper left side and sitting on a Peony.

Hojakdo.jpg
A large tiger with striped fur and a long tail curving around the lower half of the picture is seated with its body facing to the right and its head turned to the left. The tiger appears to be looking at two magpies perched in the branches of a pine…

Hojakdo2.jpg
A small tiger with striped fur and a long tail curving around the lower portion of the picture is seated with its body facing to the left and its head towards the right. The tiger appears to be looking at two magpies perched in the branches of a pine…

chaekgado.jpg
Paintings of Scholar's accouterments in Ten-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk by unknown Korean artist. Paintings of Distinctive objects appearing in this screen include (from right to left) three peacock feathers in a vase (panel 3),…

Hwajo-002.png
Paintings of flowers and birds from late 19th-early 20th century by unknown Korean artist.

Munjado8panelstogether.jpg
Mounted on each side of this screen are unrelated paintings: on one side is a set of the eight Confucian virtues, and on the other a Mongolian hunting scene. Pictorial Ideographs (Munjado) of the Eight Confucian Virtues In pictorial ideographs,…

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Painting depicts tiger, magpie, pine tree and sun.

호랑이와 까치를 주요 소재로 그린 그림. 벽사의 주술적 의미를 담고 있음. 지본채색. 족자(세로 120, 가로 98)로 상단에 줄이 달림. 양 가장자리에 붉은색 종이를 붙임. 호랑이를 중심으로 소나무·해·까치가 그려짐. 호랑이는 정면을 바라보고, 뒷다리를 들고 있음. 호랑이의 몸은 점무늬이고, 눈은 노란색임. 주로 먹으로 표현되고…

cockandhen.jpg
Paintings of auspicious symbols were popular in the late Joseon period among all classes of society. This scroll represents a combination of two established themes in Korean painting: birds and flowers and the ten symbols of longevity—sun, mountain,…
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