Grapevines, late 19th century, Unknown Korean, 31 3/4 × 119 1/2 in. ( × cm) (image)67 1/2 × 129 1/2 × 5/8 in. ( × × cm) (outer frame), Ink on paper, Korea, 19th century, An enormous tangle of grapevines emerges at center left and trails up and away across the eight panels of this folding screen. The vines, depicted only in monochrome ink, are loaded with globular fruits and adorned with myriad spiraling tendrils. Although grapes lack the rich symbolic associations of the so-called Four Gentlemen (plum, orchid, chrysanthemum, and bamboo), paintings of grapevines

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