Anonymous (19th-20th Century)
Property from the Robert Moore Collection of Korean Art
Anonymous (19th-20th Century)

Ideographs (Munjado)

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Anonymous (19th-20th Century)
Ideographs (Munjado)
Eight paintings mounted as an eight-panel screen; ink and color on paper
28 1/8 x 16 7/8in. (71.5 x 43cm.) each

Lot Essay

The eight Chinese characters represent Confucian virtues: hyo (filial piety), chae (brotherly love), ch'ung (loyalty), shin (trust), ye (propriety), ui (righteousness), yon (integrity), and ch'i (sensibility).

For other paintings of the same subject see Ho-Am Art Museum, Qumga Sarang Maehokeui: Wooriminwhal/Auspicious Dreams: Decorative Paintings of Korea (Seoul: Samsung Cultural Foundation, 1998), pls. 98--99.

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