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Title | Tiger and Magpie |
Subject | Tiger, magpie and pine tree |
Date | 1850-1910 |
Creator | Unidentified Korean artist |
Format | Black ink and colors on paper |
Type | Painting |
Description | A small tiger with striped fur and a long tail curving around the lower portion of the picture is seated with its body facing to the left and its head towards the right. The tiger appears to be looking at two magpies perched in the branches of a pine tree in the top right-hand side of the picture. |
Publisher |
Victoria and Albert Museum http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O22243/tiger-and-magpie-painting-unknown/ |
Contributor | Purchased with the help of Museum colleagues in memory of Lisa Bailey (1964-1996), Curator of Korean Art 1994-1996 |
Rights | © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. All Rights Reserved |
Identifier |
Museum number: FE.69-1997 Hojak-002 |
Period | Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) |
Culture | Korean |
Geographic Origin | Korea |
Medium | Black ink and colors on paper |
Dimensions |
Height: 124.8 cm with mount,
Width: 62.5 cm with mount,
Depth: 1.5 cm with mount,
Height: 99.5 cm without mount,
Width: 50 cm without mount
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Collection | Hojakdo (Paintings of Tigers and magpies) |
Citation |
Unidentified Korean artist, “Tiger and Magpie,” The Museum of Korean Folk Art , accessed June 4, 2021, https://mokfa.omeka.net/items/show/5.
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