id: 154206
accession number: 1988.249
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Stone Panel for Royal Tomb, late 700s-early 800s. Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935). Granite; overall: 147.3 x 45.3 cm (58 x 17 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, M.D. in memory of Mr. Gregory Henderson 1988.249
title: Stone Panel for Royal Tomb
title in original language: 묘지석 (墓地石)
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creation date: late 700s-early 800s
creation date earliest: 760
creation date latest: 840
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creditline: Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, M.D. in memory of Mr. Gregory Henderson
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culture: Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935)
technique: granite
department: Korean Art
collection: Korean Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 147.3 x 45.3 cm (58 x 17 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Year in Review for 1988
opening date: 1989-03-01T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Reportedly from the Kyongju royal tomb complex, North Kyongsang province
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The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, MD, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1988
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1988-
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fun fact:
A rat, one of the signs of the East Asian zodiac, carved in this stone panel symbolizes wealth.
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wall description:
This panel shows a figure with a human body and the features of a rat, which is one of the signs of the Asian zodiac, and is likely one of 12 granite panels from a royal tomb. It is probably from Gyeongju—the capital of the kingdoms of the Silla (57 BC–AD 668) and Unified Silla (688–935) periods—where large royal tomb mounds can still be found. This panel resembles those showing the animal signs of the Korean zodiac from the tomb of General Kim Yusin (595–673) in Gyeongju, the most famous tomb of the period.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
“The Year in Review for 1988.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 76, no. 2, 1989, pp. 30–75.
page number: Mentioned: p. 75, no. 227
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160061
Kim, Young-Sung. "The Changing Process of Shillas Royal Mausoleums of the Twelve Zodiac Animal signs Stone Circle [신라 십이지신장상 호석 능묘의 변천]." Sogang Journal of Early Korean History 11 (August 2012): 115-154.
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url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01982702
Lee, Soyoung, and Denise Patry Leidy. Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.
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Lim, Young-ae. "Prospects of Sculptures in Royal Tombs of Silla from the perspective of Art History and Its Distinct Characteristics [신라 왕릉 조각의 미술사적 조망과 특수성]." The Journal of the Research Institute for Silla Culture 41 (February 2013): 135-162.
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