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Lotuses, Insects, and Birds

연화백로도 (蓮花白鷺圖)

1800s

Korea, Joseon dynasty

(1392-1910)

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

Image: 112.6 x 57.5 cm (44 5/16 x 22 5/8 in.); Overall: 174.5 x 77.5 cm (68 11/16 x 30 1/2 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1985.18

Location

not on view

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Given its subject matter of lotus flowers, herons, kingfisher, and dragonflies, this hanging scroll may have been hung for display during the summer.

Description

Pairs of herons, kingfishers, and dragonflies punctuate a profusion of lotus in this composition that, given the orientation of the herons and the clustering of motifs in the left-hand side of the work, may have once been the left painting of a pair. Given its subject matter, this hanging scroll may have been hung for display during the summer.

Provenance

?-1985

(Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1985-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. cat. no. 47

Cha, Mi-ae. "The Volume Three of the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting and Late Joseon-Period Bird and Flower Paintings [芥子園畵傳 3집과 조선 후기 화조화]." Misulsa yeongu (2012): 53-86. www.dbpia.co.kr

Yi, Eun-ha. "Naturalism in Late Joseon-Period Bird and Flower Paintings [조선후기 화조화의 形寫性]." Hangukhak yeogu (2013): 65-91. www.dbpia.co.kr

Exhibition history

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 238). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 21, 2014-January 12, 2015).

Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).

Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 1992-January 3, 1993).

The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).

Gold Needles: Embroidery Arts from Korea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 7-October 25, 2020).

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Lotuses, Insects, and Birds

Lotuses, Insects, and Birds

연화백로도 (蓮花白鷺圖)

Korea, Joseon dynasty

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