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.
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.