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146 | BONHAMS  TWO CH'AEKKORI PAINTINGS                           ATTRIBUTED TO CHONG HAK-GYO 丁學
               Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 19th century           教 (정학교)(1832-1914)
               Ink and color on paper, mounted on a panel,        Rocks and orchids
               depicting a collection of scholar's volumes,       Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 19th
               objects and auspicious symbols of long life.       century
               21 x 11 3/4in (53.3 x 29.8cm) image; overall       Ink on paper, mounted on a panel, sealed
               70 1/2 x 23 1/2in (179 x 59.7cm)                   Lyo'i cha'o 聊以自娛 료이자오
                                                                  56 1/4 x 17 7/8in (143 x 48cm)
               US$2,500 - 4,000
                                                                  US$1,500 - 2,500
               On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 2001-
               2016                                               The poem is inscribed as;

               6313                                               擬硯壽堂墨蘭
               ANONYMOUS
               Lion rock and flowers                              溪畔無載數十叢
               Korea, 20th century                                業(業)徑葉(餽)壽風
               Ink and color on paper, mounted on panel;          年來霜艾遏三及
               butterflies hovering near a cluster of flowers     白首相看以夢中
               growing from a facetted rock emulating a
               striding lion.                                     Drafting ink orchids of Ink-stone Longevity Hall
               47 1/2 x 23in (120.2 x 58.4cm)
                                                                  Besides the stream I have planted several
               US$2,000 - 3,000                                   bushels
                                                                  And as my time has passed and leaves wither
               The inscription on the painting can be read as     Three years of frost piles on the mugwort
               follows:                                           And I can but look back with white hair as in
                                                                  a dream.
               李書友人碧趙 Li writes his friend Cho Pyek
               獅子石 Lion rock                                      Per 金京熙, 韓國書畫家印譜, Seoul, 知識產業
               善世令流,王相國傾城顏色,李友人不云百                                社, 1978; p 104.
               花皆報此陛下. In this enlightened age ever
               passing, the attractiveness of a kingly visage     Provenance
               causes cities to fall. Friend Li: don't say these  Emille Museum, 1975
               hundred flowers herald this majesty.
                                                                  On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 2001-
               Provenance                                         2016.
               Emille Museum, 1970's

               On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 2001-
               2016
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