ANCESTOR PORTRAIT', KOREAN SCHOOL, JOSEON DYNASTY
Korea, 18th-19th century. Ink and watercolors on paper. Depicting an official or civil servant wearing a pale brown robe and black hat. With a silk brocade mounting and a fine antique wood frame.

Provenance: LP Collection, Paris, by repute acquired ca. 1990 from Christian Mionnet in Paris.
Condition: Fair condition with wear, creases, minor losses with associated touchups.

Dimensions: Size incl. frame 40.8 x 36.2 cm, Image size 30.8 x 26 cm

In addition to the virtue of loyalty (such as the devotion of a subject to his ruler), Confucianism emphasized filial piety, or honor and respect for one's elders and ancestors. Even more important than recording the sitter's appearance and preserving his rank during life, portrait painting served as a focus for ancestral rituals after his death. It was thought that when a person died, the soul of the deceased remained among the world of the living until it gradually dissipated. This painting likely once hung within the family shrine to guide the soul in the practice of ancestral worship.

Literature comparison: A Korean ancestor portrait of Yun Dongseom (1710-1795), from the same period as the present lot or slightly earlier, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2014.605.

朝鮮王朝高麗時代風格肖像畫
韓國，十八至十九世紀，紙本設色，錦綾裝裱，鏡心。穿著淡棕色長袍、戴著黑色帽子的官員將軍或者文官。

來源：巴黎LP Collection收藏，據説約在1990年購於巴黎Christian Mionnet処。
品相：狀況良好，有磨損，摺痕和與修補有關的輕微損失。

尺寸：縂40.8 x 36.2 厘米, 畫面30.8 x 26 厘米