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Peonies and Rocks

early 1900s

Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392−1910) or Japanese colonial period

(1910−1945)
Medium
Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk
Measurements
Overall: 175.8 x 264.6 cm (69 3/16 x 104 3/16 in.); Painting: 104.7 x 30.8 cm (41 1/4 x 12 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM, and Roberta Carroll, M.D. 2022.60
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In East Asian art, peonies traditionally symbolize prosperity and wealth.

Description

By the late nineteenth century, peony paintings with bold designs and striking graphic stylization were increasingly produced and consumed by middle-class members because of its symbolic meaning: prosperity and wealth.
Folding screen with six vertically long panels with white rectangles framing peony flowers in the upper two thirds, and a dark blue subtle abstracted flower pattern in the remaining space. Branching up from orange, blue, or green swirling rocks and among green leaves, the frilled layers of the peonies are colored red, purple, yellow, and teal blue with each petal edged in white, except for the red peonies, edged in a lighter orange-red.

Peonies and Rocks

early 1900s

Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392−1910) or Japanese colonial period (1910−1945)

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