An eight-fold screen depicting scenes of flora and fauna in Minwha style

Description:

Korea, Yi dynasty
Malerei je 109 x 31 cm, Stellschirm gefaltet 171 x 40 x13 cm
Anonymous Artist. Ink and colours on silk. Each panel delicately depicts birds in varied landscapes, including a hawk perched on a pine branch, three wild geese in flight, four mallards, and pairs of pheasants and cranes. One panel further portrays three freshwater crayfish beside blooming lotus flowers. Title strip inscribed in Hangul: Reinhard Schmidt.
From an old German private collection, acquired in Korea in the 1970s - Minor wear, partly slightly rest