Sujet
Jar with Dragon and Clouds Design, 1600s-1700s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Jar with Dragon and Clouds Design, 1600s-1700s. A whimsical dragon with bulging eyes wraps his scaled body around this vessel. Freely dispersed squiggly lines represent a series of lightning strikes. Realizing the impossibility of depicting a mythical being in a realistic sense, the artist imaginatively visualized this frightening, yet beneficial beast believed to have an ability to provide rain in times of drought. Coincidentally, in the late 1600s, when this jar was probably created, Korea suffered from erratic climate patterns including severe droughts in the summer.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F88_395
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
53,6Mo (3,0Mo) / 38,7cm x 34,7cm / 4568 x 4098 (300dpi)