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拍品專文
The iconography depicted on this large screen is called Sipjangsaeng (십장생 or 十長生), the Korean ten longevity symbols : the sun, clouds, water, moutains, rocks, pine trees, mushroom-of-immortality, cranes, deers and turtles. Popularized under the Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), it can be found on various medias such as ceramics, paintings, textiles or lacquerware. If all ten symbols can be found on Sipjangsaeng representations, it is common to find instances where only a selection of symbols are depicted. See for example a Joseon dynasty period blue and white porcelain (Baekja) bottle vase preserved in the National Museum of Korea (inv. no. 덕수 1229), or the decoration of the Jagyeongjeon Hall’s Sipjangsaeng chimney in Gyeongbokgung Palace (National Treasure No. 810).
Sipjangsaengdo (십장생도 or 十長生圖) is the name given to paintings of the ten longevity symbols, which can be found as single-panelled scrolls either vertical or horizontal, or as large folding screens such as our twelve-fold screen. Large Sipjangsaeng screens were produced under the Joseon dynasty to be used in Court for celebrations such as marriages, sixtieth birthdays of investitures and were placed behind the Royal family, as can be seen on a panel of the Royal Banquet in the Year of Mushin preserved in the National Museum of Korea (inv. no. 덕수 1663) and on the Royal Banquet for the Celebration of the 50th Birthday of the Emperor Gojong screen sold in our New York rooms, 15 September 2010, lot 728.
Our gilt screen can be compared to a large gold and colour on silk twelve-fold screen preserved in the Dayton Art Institute (Object number 1941.22) depicting white cranes among pine trees, rocks, peaches and mushrooms-of-immortality, and to another similarly decorated twelve-fold screen in the Honolulu Academy of Arts (accession number 2319).
Sipjangsaengdo (십장생도 or 十長生圖) is the name given to paintings of the ten longevity symbols, which can be found as single-panelled scrolls either vertical or horizontal, or as large folding screens such as our twelve-fold screen. Large Sipjangsaeng screens were produced under the Joseon dynasty to be used in Court for celebrations such as marriages, sixtieth birthdays of investitures and were placed behind the Royal family, as can be seen on a panel of the Royal Banquet in the Year of Mushin preserved in the National Museum of Korea (inv. no. 덕수 1663) and on the Royal Banquet for the Celebration of the 50th Birthday of the Emperor Gojong screen sold in our New York rooms, 15 September 2010, lot 728.
Our gilt screen can be compared to a large gold and colour on silk twelve-fold screen preserved in the Dayton Art Institute (Object number 1941.22) depicting white cranes among pine trees, rocks, peaches and mushrooms-of-immortality, and to another similarly decorated twelve-fold screen in the Honolulu Academy of Arts (accession number 2319).