Geese Returning Home
1600s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Geese Returning Home, 1600s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; overall: 182.9 x 49.6 cm (72 x 19 1/2 in.); painting only: 102.9 x 32.7 cm (40 1/2 x 12 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1993.159 In Korea, the word for geese in a grove of reeds, noan, has the same pronunciation as the word for "the comfortable life at old age." With this double meaning for a happy life, the motif of returning geese gained popularity in paintings.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 182.9 x 49.6 cm (72 x 19 1/2 in.); Painting only: 102.9 x 32.7 cm (40 1/2 x 12 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: three seals in upper right; one in upper left corner.
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1993.159
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Mountains and Rivers Beyond the DMZ – Korean Gallery 236 Rotation, Interpretation of Materiality: Gold (Korean art rotation), <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 238)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 13, 2013-January 28, 2014).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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