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Yonggwan Ch'oe
Poems by Cho Hyon'gi (1634-85) with Landscape Frontispiece and Flowering Plum PostfaceJoseon dynasty (1392-1910), 17th century

Not on view
Two-panel work with black ground: bold white Chinese calligraphy on the left, gold and white landscape with pine trees, cranes, and a pavilion on the right, framed in a patterned gold border
Two-panel folding screen with white Chinese calligraphy in running script on black ground, mounted with gold brocade borders.
Two-panel folding screen with white Chinese calligraphy in cursive script on black lacquered ground, mounted with gold brocade borders.
Two-panel folding screen with black lacquered ground; right panel filled with columns of Chinese calligraphy in white cursive script; left panel features a painted prunus branch with white blossoms, diagonal calligraphic inscription, and three red seal impressions.
Folding album with two open pages of Chinese cursive-script calligraphy in white brushwork on black lacquered ground, multiple vertical columns per page, mounted with a gold brocade border.
Ink rubbing or album leaves, two panels of Chinese cursive-script calligraphy in white characters on black ground, arranged in vertical columns, mounted with a patterned gold border.
Folding screen or album leaves with black lacquered panels; right panels feature columns of white Chinese calligraphy in cursive script; left panel displays a white-painted blossoming prunus branch with three red square seals and additional columns of smaller script.
Detail of a dark lacquerware or painted surface with gold-toned incised or painted design depicting a pavilion with latticed railings set among rocks and trees, rendered in fine linear strokes against a black ground.
Stone rubbing with white Chinese calligraphy in cursive script against a dark ground, arranged in vertical columns; faint architectural forms visible along the lower edge.
Lacquerwork panel with gold and white design on black ground, depicting a gnarled pine tree beside a rocky shore, a white crane standing at its base, and a second crane in flight at upper right.

Yonggwan Ch'oe, Poems by Cho Hyon'gi (1634-85) with Landscape Frontispiece and Flowering Plum Postface, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), 17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, MD, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Yonggwan Ch'oe
Korea, active around 1650-70
Title
Poems by Cho Hyon'gi (1634-85) with Landscape Frontispiece and Flowering Plum Postface
Place Made
Korea
Date Made
Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), 17th century
Medium
Eight-leaf album, white pigment and pine pollen (songhwa) mixed with glue on black paper
Dimensions
Overall album: 13 x 12 1/8 in. (33 x 30.8 cm); Image (double leaf): 8 3/8 x 19 1/4 in. (21.3 x 48.9 cm); Mount (double leaf): 13 x 24 1/8 in. (33 x 61.3 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, MD
Accession Number
M.87.8.1a-h
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art