국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Painting of Lotus Flower and the Sun and Moon
  • Nationality/Period

    Goguryeo Kingdom

  • Materials

    Paper

  • Category

    Culture / Art - Letter & Paintings - mural painting - copy

  • Dimensions

    227.0×213.0cm

  • Accession Number

    K 74

This is a replica of the mural made on the ceiling and the ceiling support in the burial chamber of the Ssangyeongchong Tomb. The sun and the moon are painted on the bottom of the eastern and western side of the ceiling support. In the reddish circle representing the sun, there is a three-legged crow with a peacock crest, while in the circle representing the moon, there is an image of a toad painted. Flames dart out from the mouth of the toad, whose head is turned to the left. No similar murals dating back to the Goguryeo Kingdom have ever been found.