  About the Artwork
  
  
  The Korean word for grape, “p’o-to”, is similar in sound with the word for peach, “to,” a traditional symbol of immortality. Thus, the motif on this screen was to convey wishes for a long life to the viewer, as well as make a statement about the owner’s literary and artistic sophistication.
  
  
  Title
  Grapevine
  
  
  Artwork Date
  1821
  
  Artist
  Choi Sokhwan
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1782 - ca.1850
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Some definitions include:
  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  Korean
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Twelve-panel folding screen; ink and watercolor on paper
  
  
  Dimensions
  Image: 31 3/4 × 117 5/8 inches (80.6 × 298.8 cm)
  Overall: 68 7/8 × 128 inches (174.9 cm × 3 m 25.1 cm)
  Installed (17&quot; wide angles, 20&quot; ends): 69 × 109 inches (175.3 × 276.9 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Paintings
  
  
  Department
  Asian Art
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Korean Community, New Endowment Fund, Henry Ford II Fund, Benson and Edith Ford Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund, J. Lawrence Buell, Jr. Fund, L. A. Young Fund, and G. Albert Lyon Foundation Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  1988.62
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
