Uncovering the Dong-A Masterpieces

Folding Screen of Celebration Held for Old and New Meritorious Retainers

National Treasure

This folding screen is a record of period-piece drawing depicting a scene of celebration held by Chunghunbu (the Office of Loyalty and Rewards) in November, 1604.

The folding screen depicting the celebratory event held for old and new meritorious retainers deserves to be designated as the National Treasure for its historic and artistic value and being the only one of its kind to remain in this period.

Special Command, Condolence, Letters, and Small Envelope by Korean Provisional Government

Registered cultural heritage 

Special Command, Condolence, Letters, and Small Envelope by Korean Provisional Government is considered to be a rare document...

... by the independence activist Lee Gyo-jae under secret orders from the Provisional Government in 1932. 

This is considered to be a rare document that can confirm how the Korean Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea tried to cover the funds and how it made contact with domestic maintenance and independence activists.

Heritage of Busan 

The original Buddhist Protocols including the Origins, Ceremonies and Procedures of Universal Dedication Rituals is a book written in 1270 by Jiban, a monk from the Southern Song Dynasty in China.

The Protocols are quite valuable to grasp the research of Buddhist rituals and the publication of Buddhist books at the time and the collection is designated as a heritage of Busan. 

National treasure 

This album contains fourteen landscapes painted by Kim Yun-gyeom to record some of the most appreciated scenic sites in the area around present-day Busan and Gyeongnam. 

'김윤겸 필 영남기행화첩'은 18세기 후반 경상도 지역의 실경을 알 수 있는 대표작인 점, 김윤겸의 작품 수 14점이 한 화첩에 모은 유일한 사례인 점, 그리고 실제 경치를 압축해 개성 있고 과감하게 보여주는 화법이 독창적인 점을 인정받아 2017년 보물로 지정되었습니다. 

Heritage of Busan 

Landscape Painting by Hong Hyeon-ju is an artwork that adds Hong Hyun-joo's painting and Jeong Yak-yong's poem.

This painting was recognized that the literary painting is a representative work of Hong Hyeon-ju, the artistic perfection of the work, and the valuable example of the 19th century Joseon literary painting.

Heritage of Busan

This painting, Cheongpung Valley, created by Jeong Seon, depicts the house of Kim Sang-yong, a renowned scholar-official of the mid-Joseon period, located in Cheongpung Valley, Seoul. 

The work is widely regarded as a representative masterpiece of the Jingyeong style of landscape painting. 

Heritage of Busan

Haneom Lee Deok-hyeong is a historical figure who escorted the king up to Jeongju during the Japanese Invasion of Korea. 

Lee's gun-juvenile eyes and naturally closed mouth make us guess the upright personality. The delicate and lively expression of the eyes, beard, and pupil of the iris with a very thin brush is a unique feature of our portraits, which is rare in the Western portraits.

Heritage of Busan

The folding screen is a Haeju city map that shows the social background, geography, and lifestyle of the time at a glance. The painting is very elaborate and full of realism, so it is presumed to be a collaboration...

... made with the skillful craftsmanship of the central painters dispatched to the provinces and the local painters who run through the village of Hwanghae-do.

Heritage of Busan 

This sundial is a scientific relic that shows the excellence of sundial manufacturing technology in the late Joseon Dynasty.

 It showed that it had Seoul’s latitude as the standard. The name of the manufacturer (Kang Yoon) and the year of manufacture (1870) are engraved on it, making it academically valuable as a sundial.

Heritage of Busan

This is a set of helmet and epaulets is worn by generals in the late Joseon Dynasty.

The set of Korean helmet and epaulets is rare all around the world. They are recognized for their outstanding craftsmanship through colorful and sophisticated decorations, and for showing the technique of making them around the end of the 18th century compared to other pitches.