This image shows a fish and two plants with fiveclusters of small dots throughout.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

This image shows a fish in the center, two plants that come from the left center of the image, and five clusters of small dots. The fish's middle is obscured by the bulb at the terminus of the lower plant, so that only the head and tail of the fish are visible. The second plant goes from the middle center of the image to the top right corner and terminates in a different, darker bulb than the lower plant. The five clusters of dots are located around the fish, with three in a line near the fish's head, and two clusters by the fish's tail.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.58.24
People
Attributed to Yi U (also known as Oksan), Korean (1542 - 1609)
Colophon by Kim Kwang-guk (also known as Sŏngnong), Korean (1727 - 1797)
Title
Carp Swimming in a Pond with a Lotus Plant Withered to a Seedpod and a Decaying Leaf
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
possibly late 16th-17th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/93461

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; painting: ink on silk; with one 'chŏng'-shaped (Chinese, 'ding'-shaped), red, relief seal reading "Ok San", purportedly of the artist; inscription: ink on paper; with signature of the calligrapher reading "Kim Kwang-guk"; with three seals, one of which reads "Kim Kwang Guk In"
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 27.2 x W. 20.9 cm (10 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
with mounting: H. 123.2 x W. 32.2 cm (48 1/2 x 12 11/16 in.)
overall, mounting with roller ends and cord: H. 126.4 x W. 35.1 cm (49 3/4 x 13 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Kyle Edward Wilson, Jr., Alvin, Texas (by 1968-2002), estate sale; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Footnote:
1. Kyle Edward Wilson, Jr. (1931-2002)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell, by exchange
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.58.24
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/03/2015 - 06/07/2016

Verification Level

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