Painted Panel of Character "Tiger"
early 1900s
- Medium
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; unmounted
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Overall: 236.5 x 80.3 cm (93 1/8 x 31 5/8 in.)
- Culture
- Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Korean Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in memory of Alan Priest
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This set of four colorful hanging scrolls may have been used in an outdoor Buddhist ritual to evoke heavenly blessings. Each hanging scroll bears four different character; tiger, dragon, whistle, and recite. Traditionally, tiger and dragon belong to the four directional guards, respectively west and east.
