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General Guo Ziyi’s Birthday Banquet

General Guo Ziyi’s Birthday Banquet

early or mid-1800s
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This folding screen is highly likely to have been created by an amateur woman embroiderer.

Description

The subject of this folding screen is a banquet in honor of Guo Ziyi (697–781), who is considered one of the greatest generals in Chinese history. He had a long and successful military career as well as a blissful family life. Thus, his image surrounded by his numerous family members symbolize the paragon of success and happiness. Using a wide spectrum of colorful silk threads, the artist colorfully depicts Guo enjoying his full-fledged retirement life.
  • September 21, 2000
    (Sotheby's, New York, NY, 21 September 2000, lot 442, sold to Joseph Carroll)
    2000-2020
    The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta L. Carroll, MD, New York City, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2020-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Sotheby's, New York. Japanese and Korean Works of Art. 21 September 2000. Lot 442.
    Kim, Hong-nam. "A Study of Painting of Guo Fenyang’s Enjoyment-of-Life in Korea [한국 〈郭汾陽行樂圖〉 연구]." Misulsa nondan (2012): 67-104. www.dbpia.co.kr
    Beyond Folding Screens [조선, 병풍의 나라]. Seoul: Amorepacific Museum of Art, 2018.
    Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 352-353, no. 005
  • Popular Art from Early Modern Korea (Korean art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2021-April 17, 2022).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.87