Painting
Object Number:
21574B
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Korean
Provenience:
Korea
Pusan
Choryang
Maker:
Chun-gŭn Kim
Period:
Joseon Dynasty
Date Made:
1886
Early Date:
1886
Late Date:
1886
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Paper
Pigment
Technique:
Watercolor
Iconography:
Game
Men
Description:
Two hunters in traditional Korean attire are wearing sul-mal or snow shoes (설말) while holding arrows with cloth tied to one end. Wearing sul-mal 설말 for hunting was a common practice in Korea. A title for the piece appears at the top left while an artist seal appear at the top right. There are 22 other watercolor paintings in the collection illustrating Korean games and rendered by the same artist, Gisan (기산) of Choryang, Korea.
Length:
17.7cm
Width:
12.6cm
Other Number:
Bibliography:
[Book] Culin, R. S. 1958. Games of the Orient. : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 8, plate III
[Book] Culin, R. S. 1895. Korean Games, with Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and Japan. : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 8, plate III
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