cma-korean-art: Stone Panel for Royal Tomb, late 700s-early 800s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean Ar
cma-korean-art: Stone Panel for Royal Tomb, late 700s-early 800s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean ArtThis panel shows a figure with a human body and the features of a rat, which is one of the signs of the Asian zodiac, and is likely one of 12 granite panels from a royal tomb. It is probably from Gyeongju—the capital of the kingdoms of the Old Shilla (57 BC–AD 668) and Unified Shilla (688–935) periods—where large royal tomb mounds can still be found. This panel resembles those showing the animal signs of the Korean zodiac from the tomb of General Kim Yusin (595–673) in Gyeongju, the most famous tomb of the period.Size: Overall: 147.3 x 45.3 cm (58 x 17 13/16 in.)Medium: granitehttps://clevelandart.org/art/1988.249 -- source link
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