Japanese Works of Art - 17 May 2022
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A KOREAN MINHWA FOUR-FOLD HUNTING SCREEN
A KOREAN MINHWA FOUR-FOLD HUNTING SCREEN
JOSEON DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY OR LATER
Each panel painted in ink and colour on paper with horse riders hunting various quarries including deer, tiger, leopards and hares; one huntsman with two falcons, another holding a matchlock carbine, many others with woldo (halberds); the figures wearing colourful garments contrasting with the buff landscape; the painted panels mounted on yellow silk, each 72cm x 38.5cm, 176cm x 275cm overall.
Cf. V Reynolds, Korean Folk Painting in the Newark Museum, Korean Art - Articles from Orientations 1970-2013, pp.180-81 where a similar Folk art hunting screen is discussed.