2000.347: Carp Leaping above White-Capped Waves
PaintingsThe rectangular painted scroll shows a large black and white fish at the center. The fish’s head is pointed towards the upper-left with its tail turned towards the lower-left. The fish has large scales, three small scales on its lower body, a large fin on its back side, and two lines coming from the corner of its mouth. It is surrounded by many rounded forms that are white with tiny, curved blue lines in them. Around the fish’s tail and to the left of the scroll are many, small white swirled lines that are outlined in thick black lines. The background of the whole image is off-white.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2000.347
- Title
- Carp Leaping above White-Capped Waves
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- late 18th-early 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
- Period
- Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
- Culture
- Korean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/175144
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Hanging scroll now framed and glazed; ink and colors on silk
- Dimensions
- H. 90.7 x W. 55.2 cm (35 11/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David Berg, Esq., by exchange
- Accession Year
- 2000
- Object Number
- 2000.347
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/07/2018 - 06/04/2019
Verification Level
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