Tiger and Magpie
Tiger, magpie and pine tree
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 tree in the top right-hand side of the picture.
Unidentified Korean artist
Victoria and Albert Museum <br /><br />http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O22243/tiger-and-magpie-painting-unknown/
1850-1910
Purchased with the help of Museum colleagues in memory of Lisa Bailey (1964-1996), Curator of Korean Art 1994-1996
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. All Rights Reserved
Black ink and colors on paper
Painting
Museum number: FE.69-1997
Hojak-002
Tiger and Magpie
Tiger, magpie, and pine tree
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 tree in the top left-hand side of the picture.
Unidentified Korean artist
Victoria and Albert Museum <br /><br />http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O22242
1850-1910
Purchased with the help of Museum colleagues in memory of Lisa Bailey (1964-1996), Curator of Korean Art 1994-1996
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. All Rights Reserved
Black ink and colors on paper
Painting
Museum number: FE.68-1997
Hojak-003
Butterflies and Peony
Butterflies and Peony flowers
Painting of Peony flower on lower right side of the painting and butterflies flying upper left side and sitting on a Peony.
Nam Kye-u (Korean, 1811–1888)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45063
Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Anonymous Gift, 1977
Panel from a six-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper
Painting
Accession Number:1977.448
Chochung-001
Birds and Flowers
Birds and flowers
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.
Carefully composed and meticulously detailed, the scenes in this colorful and exquisitely painted screen are characterized by heightened realism. Each panel portrays one or more pairs of birds resting on or flying around a blossoming plant, a tree, or reeds. The rightmost panel also includes a hen with her chicks under a rock. The symbolism of male-female pairings of birds—mandarin ducks, for example, are known to mate for life—made such screens suitable decoration for wedding ceremonies or a bridal chamber. Beyond domestic bliss, paintings of birds and flowers also embodied wishes for wealth, career advancement, longevity, and fecundity.
Unidentified Korean artist
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Arts <br /><br />http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44760
Late 19th - early 20th century
Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift and John M. Crawford Jr. Bequest, 1993
Ten-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk
Painting
Accession Number:1993.255
Hwajo-003