Artworks

Sedge mat with the ten symbols of longevity

Artwork · Anonymous · 19th century · mat · British Museum

A sedge mat from Kanghwa island woven with the sipchangsaeng; shown in the Korean pavilion of the Anglo-Japanese exhibition in London in 1910 and given by E. Ogita to the British Museum. 1 Portal 2000, pp. 162, 169, fig. 89. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.