Guardian king (taenghwa)

Artwork · Anonymous · 1796–1820 · taenghwa

One of the Four Heavenly Kings who guard the entrance of Korean temples, here playing a lute — a taenghwa in ink and mineral colours on hemp, 3 by 2 m. 1 Portal 2000, pp. 121–123, fig. 63. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.