One Hundred Children at Play, late 19th century
Unknown Koreanexpand_more
Ink and color on paperexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.458
Not on Viewexpand_more
This folding screen draws upon a tradition of depicting an abundance of children, especially boys, playing in luxurious palace-garden settings, a convention first developed by Chinese artists in the 900s. Since then, such images have appeared frequently on everything from paintings to porcelain vases and clothing, not only in China but in places like Korea and Japan that are within the sphere of Chinese cultural influence. They represented the hopes for the birth of children and for their successes. A screen like this one, which shows numerous boys engaged in the same types of playtime activities as those seen in Chinese paintings from hundreds of years before, might have been used as an optimistic backdrop for a New Year’s party or some other celebratory gathering.
Details
- Title
- One Hundred Children at Play
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.458
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 864
- Curator Approved
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