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Birds and Flowers
late 1800s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The image depicted on this folding screen is not executed in ink, but rather a method called “pyrography" or "nakhwa,” a technique of burning the surface of materials ranging from wood to paper with the delicately controlled application of a heated metal tool. This technique became widely popular in the 19th century. Scorched marks here replace brush strokes. Nakhwa method is now designated as a Korean Intangible Cultural Asset by the Korean government.
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- Title: Birds and Flowers
- Date Created: late 1800s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 153.5 x 443 cm (60 7/16 x 174 7/16 in.)
- Provenance: Alan Carter Covell [b. 1952] and Kyu J. Pak-Covell, Garden Grove, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.80
- Medium: Ten-panel folding screen with designs and inscriptions burnt into paper (pyrography)
- Original Title: 화조도 (花鳥圖)
- Fun Fact: The painting is done by a pyrography method, a technique of burning the surface of materials with a heated tool.
- Department: Korean Art
- Culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
- Credit Line: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Alan Carter Covell and Kyu J. Pak-Covell
- Collection: ASIAN - Folding screen
- Accession Number: 1991.80
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