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Korea
Objects
| Floor
Map
China
| India
| Japan
| Korea | Southeast
Asia | Southwest
Asia | Tibet
& Nepal
Buddhist
Art | Everyday
Traditions | Scholar's
Tradition | Other
Departments
Located
in Northeast Asia, the Korean peninsula separates the Yellow Sea
and the Sea of Japan. The Korea Gallery features paintings, calligraphy,
ceramics, metalwork, furniture, and household furnishings, including
a woman’s comb chest with Buddhist inscription. Decorated
with Buddhist symbols, flowers, and insects, it may have belonged
to a member of the royal family. Paintings of tigers are especially
popular in Korea. They provided homes with symbolic protection
for the New Year. Examples of Korean art are also on view in the
Buddhist Art Gallery and the Scholar’s Tradition Gallery.
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