Paired Birds and Flowers

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Title	Paired Birds and Flowers
Date	Early 20th century
Creator	Unknown Korean artist
Format	Eight-panel folding screen
Type	Painting
Description	This charming screen illustrates paired birds amid flowering plants. The birds represent marital happiness and fidelity, while the flowers create a paradisiacal setting. Such screens were commonly used to decorate the women's quarters within traditional Korean households. Family of humble means would hire itinerant painters who rendered colorful, naive scenes such as those shown here, whereas wealthy families might employ professional painters whose style was much more precise and finished.
Credit	Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Mark K. Kim
Source	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession Number	2000.269.1
Culture	Korean
Geographic Origin	Korea
Medium	Pigment on cloth, wood, metal
Dimensions	H.61 x W.15-7/8 x D.5-3/8 in. (overall, closed)
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