Museum Quality Large Painting of Korean Mountain Spirit
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Pre 1910 item# 848583 (stock# S43)
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Early 20th Century Grand and Rare Museum Quality Large Painting of Sanshin, the Ancient Korean Mountain God. An important, one-of-a-kind painting from an important collection. An unusual, strongly Buddhist rendition of Sanshin holding a Buddhist rosary (yomju), with a magnificent Taoist landscape filled with beautiful symbols of longevity: deer, pine tree, waterfall, mountains, and pullocho, the mythical longevity plant. David Mason, author of Spirit of the Mountains (highly recommended reading) has seen thousands of Sanshin over many years of living in Korea, but states in his book that he has seen only three in his life with a Buddhist rosary. This painting goes even further and has an exquisite Kwanum, the Buddhist deity of Mercy and Compassion, descending on swirling clouds. The angelic attendants serve ginseng root, a symbol of a long and healthy life, to Sanshin. His feather fan is used to summon spirits and the wind. This Sanshin's Shinsondae (place of meditation in the mountains) is breathtaking. The use of gold leaf in a Sanshin painting is exceedingly scarce. An altogether sublime masterpiece. Ink and colors and embossed gold leaf on silk mounted on paper. 60.5 x 48 inches, 154 x 122 cm (plus margins).
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Ten Panel Nature Painting Screen by Kye Hyang
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Pre 1900 item# 871362 (stock# 0336)
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Ten Panel Nature Painting Screen by Kye Hyang, a late 19th Century painter from Pyongyang, North Korea, who studied with Yang Ki Fun and was a brilliant Korean nature painter. This rare screen is a beautiful example of his work and a fine example of Choson Dynasty scholar painting filled with auspicious symbols from nature that were an inspiration and motivation to the scholar's life of devoted learning. Ink on silk. 154 x 68.75 inches, 391 x 175 cm; each panel: 68.75 x 15.25 inches (end panels 68.75 x 16 inches), 175 x 39 cm (end panels 175 x 41 cm); each painting: 41.5 x 11 inches, 105 x 28 cm.
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Rare Old Chaekkori, Korean Scholar's Items Screen
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Pre 1910 item# 935469 (stock# 0412)
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Six-Panel Chaekkori Screen. Old Chaekkori (Korean Scholar's Items Screen) like this are rare. This is the oldest Chaekkori that we have ever offered for sale. Chaekkori, screens depicting books and scholar's items, are abundant with symbols of diligence, motivation, good fortune and virtue. Chaekkori Screens are uniquely Korean, despite the fact that many of the items depicted in a Chaekkori are Chinese. The Choson Dynasty Korean scholar had much respect for Chinese art and learning, but expressed that admiration in a uniquely Korean manner through Chaekkori. We see items here that indicate refined comfort, but more important than the sense of gentility that is conveyed, is the ideal of self-improvement to which everyone could aspire: rich or poor, young or old. Though the items depicted were not readily available to the poor, the Chaekkori could inspire them nonetheless. Adults enjoyed them, but they would also be placed in children's rooms to teach them the value and beauty of culture and learning. French artists as early as the 1880's saw ideas in this genre that they imported into their own art. 106 x 73 inches, 269 x 185.5 cm.
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Painting of Yama, The God and Judge of Life and Death
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Pre 1900 item# 871371 (stock# 0339)
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A Rare and Spectacular Painting of Yama (Korean:Yomma Daewang), the God of Life and Death and the Fifth Judge of Hell, looking quite regal in this portrayal. He is looking squarely at you as you face him on your judgment day. If you do not answer him honestly, the white mirror facing you and hanging on the wall to his right will replay events from your life. Old paintings of Yomma Daewang are rare. Beautifully framed and matted with silk brocade. Mineral pigments on paper. This painting is a themed pair with the similarly framed and matted Chinese painting (Stock #0335) on our site on the same theme of judgment. Frame: 44.75h x 38w inches, 114h x 96.5w cm; Painting: 32h x 25.5w inches, 81.5h x 65w cm.
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Very Rare 18th Century Spirit Shrine Painting
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Pre 1800 item# 871363 (stock# 0337)
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Very Rare 18th Century Korean Spirit Shrine Painting (Kam Mo Yo Je Do). Spirit House Paintings are in the collections of several major museums. This is likely the only 18th Century Spirit House Painting you will ever see offered for sale. An extremely scarce and very collectible piece of Antique Korean Folk Art. This painting would have been placed in a place of reverence in the home, and on the anniversary of an ancestor's death, a slip of paper with the ancestor's name would be placed on the blank space in the open doorway of the shrine in the painting and a ritual would have been performed in front of the painting. Kammo means 'to adore with deep emotion' and Yoje means 'to respectfully address the spirits as if they were at the ceremony', and Do means 'painting'. A great and rare example of the 18th Century Korean sense of perspective in painting, a stronger and earlier example than the popular 19th Century examples of the sort of 'skewed' perspective that art lovers find so charming in antique Korean painting. Ink on paper. Frame: 37.5 x 27 inches, 95 x 68.5 cm; Painting: 31 x 21 inches, 79 x 53.5 cm.
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Korean Military Officer's Hunting Screen, Eight Panels
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Pre 1950 item# 803554 (stock# 0216)
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This Eight Panel Tiger Hunting Screen would have been displayed in a military officers' conference room or an officer's home. In spite of the Mongols' brutal occupation of Korea in the 13th Century, Koreans maintained great admiration for Mongolian hunting and equestrian skills, as shown by this Korean screen of Mongolians hunting tigers and other animals. Even the landscape of this screen, with its barren plains, desolate sandy hills and distant mountains, is the landscape of Mongolia. It is rare to see a Korean Hunting Screen offered for sale, and this one is a fine example. These old paintings have been remounted on a beautiful and artfully designed new screen of silk. We use one specific talented artisan in Korea to do this work, so as to maintain the cultural authenticity of the piece. 63.75 x 171 inches (over 14 feet), 162 x 434 cm.
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Korean Military Officer's Tiger Hunting Screen
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Pre 1910 item# 917629 (stock# 0402)
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This Old Korean Tiger Hunting Screen would have been displayed in a military officers' conference room or an officer's home. In spite of the Mongols' brutal occupation of Korea in the 13th Century, Koreans maintained great admiration for Mongolian hunting and equestrian skills, as shown by this Korean screen of Mongolians hunting deer, boar, and tiger (Koreans painted tigers with stripes and with spots). This screen is special because the landscape, unlike other Korean hunting screens, is not the barren plain, sandy-hilled landscape of Mongolia. It is actually a specific and beautifully rendered mountain range in Seoul, Korea: In Wang San. We are limited to 6 photos on this site, so if you'd like to see a photo of the dated inscription on the back, please email us. Display options with this screen are very flexible. It is mounted so that it may be hung from the wall, or sit on the floor, or sit on a table top. 56 x 34.5 inches, 142 x 88 cm.
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Rare Korean Shaman's Fan Painting used for Home Rituals
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Pre 1950 item# 803314 (stock# 0200)
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This Shaman's Fan Painting (Songsubuchae) is a rare piece that would have been used by the Mudang (Shaman) for rituals conducted in homes. The center figure is Amitabha Buddha (Korean: Amit Bul) Buddha flanked by his two disciples, Ananda (left) and Mahakasyapa (right). Ananda is the most attentive of Buddha's disciples and has the best memory. The preservation of many of Buddha's early teachings is attributed to Ananda's devoted retention. Mahakasyapa was chosen by Buddha as a disciple who truly understood him and who was worthy to be his successor. Buddha entrusted to Mahakasyapa the way which focuses on experience rather than scriptures or creeds. Next to them are Yongwang the Dragon God of the Sea and Sanshin the Mountain Spirit with a Tiger. The figures from the left are General Janggun who protects the Shaman from evil spirits, Daegam the foreman of the spirits of the home, and Kwan Ti the God of War stroking his beard. On the right we have the Shaman holding a ritual fan with Dodangsin the protector of the village on her left, and the Sun and Moon Spirits on her right. The seven stars represent the Sven Stars Spirit which comes from Taoism and is very important in the Korean Shaman's syncretic pantheon. The fan the Shaman is holding has a picture of the Sambul trinity who govern childbirth, life, and agriculture. This powerful painting is filled with potent figures and magical symbolism. Frame: 38 x 24 inches, 97 x 61 cm; Painting: 29 inches (74cm) across x 15 inches (38cm) high.
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Calligraphy by Korean Master Kim Ok Gyoun (1851-1894)
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Pre 1900 item# 937966 (stock# 0426)
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Calligraphy by Korean Master Kim Ok Gyoun (1851-1894). The last photo here shows a much shorter work by Kim Ok Gyoun that was estimated at $3000 in a 2004 Korean auction. Kim was the JFK of Korea, in that he was a brilliant young man who earned the highest scores on his public service exams, and he was a government official who was assassinated at a young age because of his progressive politics. This is a lengthy piece for Kim Ok Gyoun, making it a rare find. It is further an important piece because it is a well-rendered and beautiful ode to calligraphy itself, that translates as follows: The benefits of calligraphy are self-cultivation and a cleansing of the heart and mind. Each word has the image and fragrance of a flower, derived from the character of the brush and the fragrance of the ink. If the calligrapher's heart and mind are aligned to The Way, then they will resemble jade in its raw state as it is found in the mountains and villages. 38 x 12.25 inches, 96.5 x 31 cm; Mount 66.5 x 17.5 inches, 169 x 44.5 cm.
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