AN EIGHT-FOLD 'MUNJADO-CHAEKGEORI' SCREEN

Description:

Korea, 19th ct.
je Bild 116 x 34,5 cm, je Paneel 182 x 45,5 cm
Special combination of 'Munjado' (ideograph painting) and 'Chaekgeori' (books and utensils by scholars). At the top of each panel showing a calligraphy hanja (Chinese character) for each of the eight Confucian virtues, with strokes substituted with a symbolic animal related to this virtue, above an inscription additionaly. The lower part of the picture shows a variety of scholarly paraphernalia 'chaekgeori'. Ink and colors on paper. Brocade mount.
From an old German private collection, purchased on September 9, 1977 in Korea at Sam Sung Antique Chest and Painting Shop
Partially rubbed, small age damages, partly rest, browned and somewhat stained