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Nov 8, 2022
Nov 8, 2022
Nov 8, 2022
General Guo Zi-yi’s Birthday Banquet
General Guo Zi-yi’s Birthday Banquet
late 1700s
Korea, Joseon dynasty
(1392-1910)
Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk
207.6 x 295.3 cm (81 3/4 x 116 1/4 in.)
Private Collection, Courtesy of Sebastian Izzard Asian Art, New York 12.2022
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Based on its history of ownership and painting style, this screen was most likely made in the 18th-century Korean royal court.
Description
This colorful folding screen depicts the famous military general Guo Zi-yi (697–781) of the Chinese Tang dynasty (618–907) enjoying his birthday. He is known to have a long and successful military career as well as a blissful family life. Thus, his image surrounded by his numerous family members symbolizes the paragon of success and happiness.
Although General Guo was a Chinese historical figure, in this Korean painting he is portrayed wearing a quintessentially Korean royal hat made of black silk with vertical ridges, called wonyugwan (원유관). Across the lower section of the first two panels (starting from far right), a group of court ladies is portrayed playing with a cat, while a band of boys is shown carrying a large banner and one riding a toy horse, imitating a royal procession.
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