Tiger and Magpie

Tiger and Magpie

Tiger, magpie, and pine tree

1850-1910

Unidentified Korean artist

Black ink and colors on paper

Painting

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.

Victoria and Albert Museum

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O22242

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

Museum number: FE.68-1997
Hojak-003

Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Korean

Korea

Black ink and colors on paper

Width: 57.5 cm with mount, Height: 111 cm with mount, Depth: 1.5 cm with mount, Width: 43.3 cm without mount, Height: 73.7 cm without mount