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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.77
Title
Chin'gwang Wang, First of the Ten Kings of Hell
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 第一秦廣王
Alternate Title: Jin'gwang Wang
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
late 14th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202112

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold pigment on silk; with a brush-written inscription reading "Che il Chin'gwang Wang" (第一秦廣王) in a rectangular red cartouche in the upper right corner
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 61.5 x W. 45 cm (24 3/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Nathan V. Hammer
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.77
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Cheeyun Kwon, "The Ten Kings from the former Packard Collection: A Reassessment", Oriental Art (2005), Vol. LV, no. 2, pp. 28-36, p. 29, fig. 1a
  • Masterpieces of Goryeo Buddhist Painting: A Long Lost Look after 700 Years, exh. cat., National Museum of Korea (Seoul, 2010), p. 170 and p. 306, cat. 70

Exhibition History

  • The Arts of Korea, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/11/1992 - 01/31/1993
  • Special Exhibition of the Buddhist Paintings of the Goryeo Dynasty, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, 10/11/2010 - 11/21/2010
  • 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/23/2022 - 12/12/2022

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project
  • Collection Highlights

Verification Level

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