Paintings of ten items symbolizing longivity. Rocks are placed around the edge of the painting and the big pine tree is painted in the center. The mushroom of eternity, crane, bamboo, cloud and sun is in the painting.
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,…