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Stone Panel for Royal Tomb
late 700s-early 800s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Stone Panel for Royal Tomb
- Date Created: late 700s-early 800s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 147.3 x 45.3 cm (58 x 17 13/16 in.)
- Provenance: Reportedly from the Kyongju royal tomb complex, North Kyongsang province, The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, MD, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.249
- Medium: granite
- Original Title: 묘지석 (墓地石)
- Fun Fact: A rat, one of the signs of the East Asian zodiac, carved in this stone panel symbolizes wealth.
- Department: Korean Art
- Culture: Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935)
- Credit Line: Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, M.D. in memory of Mr. Gregory Henderson
- Collection: Korean Art
- Accession Number: 1988.249
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