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Unknown Korean Artist

Ten Symbols of Long Life

1832

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Unknown Korean Artist

Unknown Korean Artist

Ten Symbols of Long Life

1832

Physical Qualities Ink and color on paper; mounted as an eight-panel screen of paper and wood, Overall: 67 1/2 × 140 in. (171.5 × 355.6 cm.) Each panel: 67 1/2 × 17 1/4 in. (171.5 × 43.8 cm.) Closed: 67 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 8 in.

Credit Line Julius Levy Memorial Fund, with additional funds from E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation

Object Number 2019.202

The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2019; Kang Collection Korean Art, New York; from Mr. Gene Schwanke, by purchase, c. 2000; from a Korean immigrant who came to USA in 1968

Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of art, "Across East Asia: China's Cultural & Artistic Legacy," October 30, 2019-December 31, 2023.
Frances Klapthor, "The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China, and Korea," Baltimore Museum of Art, September 21, 2025-March 1, 2026

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Unknown Korean Artist

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