id:			160490
accession number:	1998.292
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.292
updated:		2022-01-04 17:24:34.746000

Tigers and  Leopard Frolicking, 1700s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; painting only: 91.4 x 163.8 cm (36 x 64 1/2 in.); overall: 208.3 x 193.4 cm (82 x 76 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leighton R. and Rosemarie Longhi 1998.292

title:				Tigers and  Leopard Frolicking
title in original language:	호표도 (虎豹圖)
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Gift of Leighton R. and Rosemarie Longhi
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culture:	Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
technique:	hanging scroll, ink on paper
department:	Korean Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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measurements: Painting only: 91.4 x 163.8 cm (36 x 64 1/2 in.); Overall: 208.3 x 193.4 cm (82 x 76 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 235); July 21, 2014 - July 20, 2015.

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact: 
Korean artists during the Joseon period (1392-1910) often described leopards as baby tigers, explaining why in this painting tigers and leopards are shown together as a family.

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wall description: 
This monochrome composition depicts a tiger and her young playing at stalking one another in a stand of pine. Tigers, considered messengers of mountain spirits in Korean shamanism, were a common subject of folk painting in the later Joseon dynasty. Leopards were mistakenly thought to be baby tigers, which explains why the cat peering around the tree trunk at its mother is spotted. The title, signature, and seals at the upper left of the painting may have been added at a later date. The signature, "by the mountain recluse of Honam," may refer to a painter from former Jeolla province.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Tigers in East Asian Art</em> [동 아시아 의 호랑이 미술 ]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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	Yi, Tae-ho.<em> 500nyeonman ui gwihyang: ilboneseo doraon joseon geurim </em>[500년만의 귀향: 일본에서 돌아온 조선 그림]. Seoul: Hakgojae Gallery, 2010.
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IMAGES

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