Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) / late 1800s
Seven Jeweled Mountain
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Seven Jeweled Mountain as painting (Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) · late 1800s).
Featuring a spectacular panoramic view and topographical details, this ten-panel folding screen is an excellent 19th-century version of the Korean “true-view” landscape painting tradition.
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The museum identifies this painting as ten-panel screen; ink and color on silk.
The museum's collection notes: With a bird’s-eye view, this ten-panel folding screen portrays the famous Seven Jeweled Mountain 칠보산 in North Korea. Ancient volcanic eruptions shaped the mountain’s unique and awe-inspiring terrain such as phallic-shaped pillars (panel #5, from the right); a large flat-topped, steep-sided cliff (panels #7 and #8), and a rugged mountain composed of metamorphic and igneous rocks (panels #9 and #10). The tradition of landscape painting that details actual natural sites and captures their topographic features in Korea began in the 1700s and continued onward. While such natural wonders were beloved as popular destinations for tourism and pilgrima
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