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Deer amid Pine Trees

19th century
Not on view
Depicting idyllic landscapes, the two scrolls displayed here celebrate auspicious imagery, especially deer and pine trees. Originally they were probably part of a set featuring the ten symbols of longevity. The blue and green landscape setting also carries a favorable meaning: it evokes an archaic style associated with a golden age in China to which later artistic traditions throughout East Asia often alluded.

The pictorial theme of the ten symbols of longevity was especially fashionable in Korea during the Joseon dynasty, and most extant works date to the nineteenth century. Painted or embroidered folding screens on the subject were initially produced for the royal court to display at palace events. The appealing motifs also filtered into folk paintings.

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Object Information
  • 작자미상 소나무 아래 사슴 조선
  • 作者未詳 松下雙鹿圖 朝鮮
  • Title: Deer amid Pine Trees
  • Artist: Unidentified artist
  • Period: Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
  • Date: 19th century
  • Culture: Korea
  • Medium: Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
  • Dimensions: Image (each scroll): 50 3/4 × 19 1/8 in. (128.9 × 48.6 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 83 1/4 × 25 in. (211.5 × 63.5 cm)
    Overall with knobs: 83 1/4 × 27 1/4 in. (211.5 × 69.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.29a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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