Watercolor
Painting
Object Number:
21574T
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:
Man
Woman
Board Game
Description:
This painting illustrates one of many games played in Korea during the 1800s. A woman and a man in traditional Korean attire can be seen playing ssang-ryuk or double sixes, Korean backgammon (썅륙). While the woman contemplates her next move with a game piece in her hand, the man watches on. It is quite similar to the English game of Backgammon. A title for the piece and 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:
17.5cm
Width:
12.6cm
Bibliography:
[Book] Culin, R. S. 1958. Games of the Orient. : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 80, plate XVII
[Book] Culin, R. S. 1895. Korean Games, with Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and Japan. : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 80, plate XVII
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