White Tigers [left of a pair]

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White Tigers [left of a pair]

Gantai 岸岱LinkedCulture matchlcp-54d1661d4a6b

Date
1851
Medium
Six-panel folding screen, one of a pair, ink and color on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
118476

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The tiger is one of the most richly symbolic subjects of East Asian art. It is among the twelve animals of the zodiac, and appears in reference to Daoist, Buddhist, and folk legend, often paired with other symbolic subjects such as dragons, bamboo, or pine, as they are here. White tigers were thought to be the most noble of their kind and particularly auspicious. Gantai was the son and successor of Ganku (1749/56–1838), the founder of the Kishi school of painters. Like his father, Gantai was known for his vigorous depictions of animals, especially tigers. Japan

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The John R. Van Derlip Fund; purchase from the collection of Elizabeth and Willard Clark

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