Korean Art History

Handaxe

Paleolithic Period

Jeongok-ri, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi Province

Comb-pattern Pottery (bitsalmunui togi)

Neolithic Period

6000-3000 BCE

Amsa-dong, Seoul

Red-Burnished Jar

Bronze Age

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Iron Oxide + Fire

Black Burnished Jar

Bronze Age

Daejeon

Black Iron Ores or Powdered Dung + Fire

NMK

Liaoning-type Bronze Dagger, Stone Arrowhead, Jade Decorations, Stone Dagger

Korean Type Bronze Dagger

Bronze Age

3rd c. BCE

NMK

Bronze Mirror

Bronze Age

Asan-si, South Chungcheong

NMK

Bronze Ritual Artifact

Bronze Age

Daejeon, South Chungcheong

NMK

Comma Shaped Jades (Gogok)

Bronze Age - 6th Century (Silla Kingdom)

Daejeon

Siberia & North East Asia

NMK

Bangudae Petroglyphs

CheonJeon-ri Petroglyphs

Bronze Age

Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province

Bird Shaped Vessel

Proto-Three Kingdoms Period

Late 2nd-3rd century CE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Earthenware Tile with Landscape Design

Baekje

7th Century

Buyeo, Chungcheong P.

Large Phoenix — Earthenware Tile with Landscape Design

Baekje

7th Century

Buyeo, Chungcheong P.

Kyongjil Pottery (Stoneware)

Baekje

6th-7th century

Mongchon Earthen Fortification, Inkstone

NMK

Great Gilt-bronze Incense Burner

Baekje

6th-7th century

Buyeo, Chungcheong P

National Buyeo Museum

Stone Guardian from the Tomb of King Muryeong

Baekje

6th century

Gongju, Chungcheong P.

National Gongju Museum

Buried Memorial Tablet from the Tomb of King Muryeong

Baekje

6th century

Gongju, Chungcehong P.

National Gongju Museum

Hwangnam Tomb 98 (Gold Crown from Geumgwanchong Tomb?)

Silla Kingdom

5th century CE

From Tomb 88, The Great Tomb at Hwangnam, Gyeongju

Gold Earrings from Bubuchong Tomb

Silla

6th Century

Gyeongju, Gyeongsang P.

NMK

Large Jar with Applied Figures

Silla

5-6th century

Gyeongju National Museum

Earthenware Horn Cup with Wagon Wheel Decoration

Vessel in the shape of Mounted Warrior

Gaya Kingdom

5th-6th century

Gimhae, Geyongsang P.

Gyeongju National Museum

(Anak Tomb 3 Owner’s Portrait?)

West Side Room

Wearing Baekna (white silk) crown, Holding Zhuwei fan

Muyongchong Tomb Dancing Scene (Main Chamber)

East Wall

Three Kingdoms Period, Goguryeo Kingdom

5th Century

Muyongchong Tomb Hunting Scene (Main Chamber)

West Wall

Three Kingdoms Period, Goguryeo Kingdom

5th Century

Gangseo Daemyo Black Warrior (North Wall)

Late 6th Century

Gangseo Daemyo Red Pheonix (South Wall)

Late 6th Century

Takamatsuzuka Tomb

7th-8th Century

Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture, Japan