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 |
| Inscription Language: | Korean Language Chinese Language |
| Length: | 17.7 cm |
| Width: | 12.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Deposited by Miss M. A. Shufeldt, 1896 |
| Other Number: | Batch 1 - Other Number |
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.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Culin, Robert S. 1958. Games of the Orient.. Tokyo. Charles E. Tuttle Company. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 8, plate III | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Culin, Robert S. 1895. Korean Games, with Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and Japan.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 8, plate III | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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