Highlights
Painting of Black Tortoise
- Nationality/Period
Goguryeo Kingdom
- Materials
Paper
- Category
Culture / Art - Letter & Paintings - mural painting - copy
- Dimensions
L. 218.0cm
- Accession Number
K 80
This is a replica of the mural of a Black Tortoise on the northern wall in the burial chamber of the Gangseodaemyo Tomb. The Black Tortoise mural has the form of a snake coiling around a tortoise, heading to the west while the tortoise and snake face each other. The tortoise is staring into the air, his head tilted, while the snake, mouth agape, radiates fiery energy.