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Peonies

early 1900s

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

(1910−1945)
Medium
Eight-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk
Measurements
Painting: 105.8 x 32.6 cm (41 5/8 x 12 13/16 in.); Overall framed: 180.2 x 368.4 cm (70 15/16 x 145 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM, and Roberta Carroll, M.D. 2022.59
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This early 20th-century folding screen has both sides painted with the image of bloomed peonies.

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. This early 20th-century folding screen of peonies may have used for festive occasions such as weddings.
A folding screen features eight vertically long panels with white rectangles framing peony flowers in the upper two-thirds. A light brown subtle abstract flower-and-dot pattern extends through the lower third. Branching up and clustered among green leaves, the frilled layers of the peonies are colored red, purple, yellow, and blue with each petal edged in white, except for the red peonies, edged in a lighter orange-red.

Peonies

early 1900s

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

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