Tigress with Two Cubs, 17th century, Unknown Korean, 72 5/8 × 44 3/4 in. ( × cm) (image)98 7/8 × 46 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller), Ink on paper, Korea, 17th century, On a rocky cliffside near the base of an old tree, two tiger cubs play under the watchful eye of their mother. Tigers were a favorite subject for East Asian painters, and Korean paintings of tigers were highly influential in Japan, where painters took Korean examples as their models, especially during and after the 1600s. In fact, this painting itself has a long history in Japan.

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