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Lotuses, Insects, and Birds
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About this work
Pairs of herons, kingfishers, and dragonflies punctuate a profusion of lotus in this composition that, given the orientation of the herons and the clustering of motifs in the left-hand side of the work, may have once been the left painting of a pair. Given its subject matter, this hanging scroll may have been hung for display during the summer.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLotuses, Insects, and Birds (연화백로도 [蓮花白鷺圖]), 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; image: 112.6 x 57.5 cm (44 5/16 x 22 5/8 in.); overall: 174.5 x 77.5 cm (68 11/16 x 30 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1985.18
