About the Artwork
Munjado with Flowers and Birds
19th century
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Korean
Korean
Eight-panel folding screen; ink and watercolor on paper
Block (Each panel): 44 1/2 × 13 3/8 inches (113 × 34 cm) Overall: 73 3/8 × 107 3/16 inches (186.4 × 272.3 cm) Installed (33 1/4" wide angles): 73 3/8 × 134 3/4 inches (186.4 cm × 3 m 42.3 cm)
Paintings
Asian Art
Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
2015.2
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Calligraphy, on each panel, lower center, right to left: Hyo (孝, filial piety), Je (悌, respect), Chung (忠, loyalty), Sin (信, trustworthiness), Ye (禮, propriety or etiquette), Ui (義, justice), Yeom (廉, integrity) and Chi (恥, sense of shame) Inscribed, on each panel, at upper left and upper right of character
Provenance
by 1968, private collection (Parlos Verdes, California, USA)
purchased by (Kang Collection Korean Art Gallery, New York, New York, USA)
2015-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Korean, Munjado with Flowers and Birds, 19th century, eight-panel folding screen; ink and watercolor on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2015.2.
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