Highlights
Painting of the Tomb Owner Couple
- Nationality/Period
Goguryeo Kingdom
- Materials
Paper
- Category
Culture / Art - Letter & Paintings - mural painting - copy
- Dimensions
259.0×287.0cm
- Accession Number
K76
This copy of the mural painted on the northern wall in the burial chamber of the Ssangyeongchong Tomb depicts an aristocratic couple, probably the tomb’s occupants, seated in a palatial house attended by their male and female servants and a pair of Black Tortoises. These symbolic creatures have a large, clearly delineated shell and a long neck covered with neatly arranged scales.