EditorialHorsemen, from 'Album of Scenes from Daily Life', late Choson dynasty, 19th century. The late Choson period was a period of relative prosperity in Korea. Chin'gyong, or 'true-view' landscape paintings became fashionable among the scholar literati class...
Editorial'The Great Renunciation', painting on hemp cloth, Korean, Choson dynasty, early 18th century. Although Korea was a strict Confucian state during the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Buddhism became less oppressed a...
EditorialDrawing water from a well, from 'Album of Scenes from Daily Life', late Choson dynasty, 19th century. A woman stands at the edge of the well pulling up a bucket of water. A man is taking a drink from a ladle that a second woman has on a long chain. The...
EditorialLocal musicians, from " album of scenes from daily life", late Choson dynasty, 19th. A woman and a small girl watching two old musicians playing hand-held instruments. The late Choson period was a period of relative prosperity in Korea. Chin'...
EditorialStamped punchong ware bowl, Korean, Choson dynasty, 15th-16th century. Punchong means 'powder green', referring to the greyish-green colour. The stamped decoration, filled with slip, derived from the inlaid decoration of early celadons of the Koryo dyn...