id: 331583 accession number: 2020.87 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.87 updated: 2023-03-22 03:05:24.834000 General Guo Ziyi’s Birthday Banquet, early or mid-1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Eight-panel folding screen, embroidery on silk; painting: 60.9 x 30 cm (24 x 11 13/16 in.); overall framed: 195.2 x 332.4 cm (76 7/8 x 130 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, gift of the honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM, and Roberta Carroll, M.D., in recognition of the contribution of Marjorie Williams to the development of The Cleveland Museum of Art 2020.87 title: General Guo Ziyi’s Birthday Banquet title in original language: 곽분양행락도(郭汾陽行樂圖) series: series in original language: creation date: early or mid-1800s creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1866 current location: creditline: gift of the honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM, and Roberta Carroll, M.D., in recognition of the contribution of Marjorie Williams to the development of The Cleveland Museum of Art copyright: --- culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) technique: Eight-panel folding screen, embroidery on silk department: Korean Art collection: ASIAN - Folding screen type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Painting: 60.9 x 30 cm (24 x 11 13/16 in.); Overall framed: 195.2 x 332.4 cm (76 7/8 x 130 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Popular Art from Early Modern Korea (Korean art rotation) opening date: 2021-10-29T04:00:00 Popular Art from Early Modern Korea (Korean art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2021-April 17, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Sotheby's, New York, NY, 21 September 2000, lot 442, sold to Joseph Carroll) date: September 21, 2000 footnotes: citations: The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta L. Carroll, MD, New York City, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 2000-2020 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2020- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This folding screen is highly likely to have been created by an amateur woman embroiderer. digital description: The subject of this folding screen is a banquet in honor of Guo Ziyi (697–781), who is considered one of the greatest generals in Chinese history. He had a long and successful military career as well as a blissful family life. Thus, his image surrounded by his numerous family members symbolize the paragon of success and happiness. Using a wide spectrum of colorful silk threads, the artist colorfully depicts Guo enjoying his full-fledged retirement life. wall description: This embroidered folding screen once furnished an intimate bedroom space. From the first panel (far right) to the last, it renders a birthday banquet in honor of Guo Ziyi (697–781), who is considered one of the greatest military generals in East Asian history. Guo is known to have had a long and prosperous professional career as well as a blissful family life. The fifth panel portrays the senior Guo seated on a daybed surrounded by many of his grandchildren, watching a female entertainer’s whirling dance. This festive subject symbolizes the paragon of success and happiness; thus, it was often selected for a birthday or wedding gift. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Sotheby's, New York. Japanese and Korean Works of Art. 21 September 2000. Lot 442. page number: url: Kim, Hong-nam. "A Study of Painting of Guo Fenyang’s Enjoyment-of-Life in Korea [한국 〈郭汾陽行樂圖〉 연구]." Misulsa nondan (2012): 67-104. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01909571 Beyond Folding Screens [조선, 병풍의 나라]. Seoul: Amorepacific Museum of Art, 2018. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.87/2020.87_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.87/2020.87_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.87/2020.87_full.tif