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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Korean: Paintings: Pre 1900: Item # 1498681

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Fine and Rare Eight-Panel Painting by Revered Korean Artist Kim Eung Won aka Soho (1855-1921) mounted on a silk screen. Similar to the Kim Eung Won screen in the royal Changdeok Palace. Orchids are an ancient Korean symbol of purity, modesty, and virtue. The rock symbolizes eternity, so the combination of orchids and rock have the meaning of eternal adherence to principle. The orchid grows in remote places, but its fragrance spreads over the land, just as the scholar often works in isolation, but through their scholarly and ethical works their influence is felt throughout the land. Talented painters of orchids were and still are held in the highest regard. Though Daewongun (Prince Yi Ha Eung) is often cited as the greatest painter of orchids, most scholars now agree it was Kim Eung Won who was creating many of the paintings for which Prince Daewongun took credit and which Daewongun signed. Daewongun was, of course, a great painter of orchids, but most agree now that Kim Eung Won may deserve the title of greatest. His paintings sell for a fraction of the price of Daewongun's paintings, at least for now. That can be expected to change as the general public catches up with the scholarship on the subject. The fifth photo here is of the only other mounted Kim Eung Won screen ever offered for sale. It sold in Korea. The "sale" price is almost double the price we are asking here. Ours is the only mounted Kim Eung Won screen ever offered for sale outside of Korea. Ink on paper. Total Dimensions: 137.5 x 72 inches, 350 x 182.5 cm. Each Painting: 47 x 13 inches, 120 x 33 cm. (A much smaller and single Daewongun painting sold at Christie's for $12,500 on March 18, 2014).