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Museum Quality Large Painting of Korean Mountain Spirit browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Pre 1910: item # 848583 Please refer to our stock # S43 when inquiring.
Korean Art and Antiques 40 West 25th Street New York, NY 10010 917-675-1369 Guest Book $7000 |
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| Early 20th Century Grand and Rare Museum Quality Large Painting of Sanshin, the Ancient Korean Mountain God. An important, one-of-a-kind painting from an important collection. An unusual, strongly Buddhist rendition of Sanshin holding a Buddhist rosary (yomju), with a magnificent Taoist landscape filled with beautiful symbols of longevity: deer, pine tree, waterfall, mountains, and pullocho, the mythical longevity plant. David Mason, author of Spirit of the Mountains (highly recommended reading) has seen thousands of Sanshin over many years of living in Korea, but states in his book that he has seen only three in his life with a Buddhist rosary. This painting goes even further and has an exquisite Kwanum, the Buddhist deity of Mercy and Compassion, descending on swirling clouds. The angelic attendants serve ginseng root, a symbol of a long and healthy life, to Sanshin. His feather fan is used to summon spirits and the wind. This Sanshin's Shinsondae (place of meditation in the mountains) is breathtaking. The use of gold leaf in a Sanshin painting is exceedingly scarce. An altogether sublime masterpiece. Ink and colors and embossed gold leaf on silk mounted on paper. 60.5 x 48 inches, 154 x 122 cm (plus margins). | ||
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