Colored Orchid

Of the works of Kim Eung-won, who was renowned for his excellence at orchid paintings, this is a unique piece in the fact that it was drawn with color ink. The postscript implies that the piece is a representation of the spiritual purity of seonbi, the social class of scholars and the ruling elite.

傍石疎花秀 臨風細葉長
靈均淸夢遠 遺佩滿沅湘
小湖金應元