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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1989.77
Title
Portrait of a Buddhist Sage Seated under a Pine Tree while Reading a Text
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
17th-18th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/199599

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll mounted on a panel and framed; ink and colors on silk
Dimensions
H. 118.9 x W. 63.7 cm (46 13/16 x 25 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Elliot Forbes in memory of Edward Waldo Forbes
Accession Year
1989
Object Number
1989.77
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Hongnam Kim, The Story of a Painting: A Korean Buddhist Treasure from the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, exh. cat., Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1991), pp. 33, 58; fig. 32

Exhibition History

  • The Arts of Korea, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/11/1992 - 01/31/1993
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/17/2017 - 05/08/2017

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