Cleveland Museum of Art

Peonies

Date

early 1900s

Medium

Eight-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk

Culture

Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392−1910) or Japanese colonial period (1910−1945)

Department

Korean Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

By the late nineteenth century, peony paintings with bold designs and striking graphic stylization were increasingly produced and consumed by middle-class members because of its symbolic meaning: prosperity and wealth. This early 20th-century folding screen of peonies may have used for festive occasions such as weddings. This early 20th-century folding screen has both sides painted with the image of bloomed peonies.

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