Four Pictorial Ideographs, Munjado

Description:

Four Pictorial Ideographs, Munjado, Korea, 19th century, ink and color on paper, of filial piety (hyo),loyalty (chung),propriety (ye),and righteousness (ui),individually framed and glazed, most likely separated from an eight-panel screen each depicting one character, 19 x 11 3/4 in.

Provenance: From a private collection in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Estimate $800-1,000

multiple signs of deterioration on paper; some foxing in progress.


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