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
K 76
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.