Dragon and Tiger
Medium
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
Dimensions
168.7 × 350.4 cm · painting: 157.3 × 339 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1959.136.2
Tags
male
About this artwork
In Chinese cosmology, the tiger's roar is said to produce wind. In Chinese paintings, the tiger is often shown with a dragon, who creates rain clouds. Together, they represent the balancing forces of the universe. Chinese presentations of the theme, often in hanging scroll format, provided the basic composition for the pair of screens to which this one belongs.