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Geese Returning Home
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About this work
In this hanging scroll, wild geese are portrayed engaging in different activities: descending to a marsh, gathering in flocks, grazing on plants, and dipping their heads under the water. In Korean paintings, images of geese serve as the symbol of seasonal change because they migrate from northern areas such as Siberia to stay in the Korean Peninsula during the late fall and winter.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineGeese Returning Home (노안도 [蘆雁圖]), 1600s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; overall: 182.9 x 49.6 cm (72 x 19 1/2 in.); painting only: 102.9 x 32.7 cm (40 1/2 x 12 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1993.159
