Chimgyedang Hall Gwanchu Portrait

This portrait shows Chimgyedang Hall Gwanchu seated cross-legged on the floor in a left three-quarter profile (jwaan chilbunmyeon), turned to the side, holding in his left hand a monk's staff painted with a wood-grain pattern and in his right hand a string of prayer beads on which the gold Sanskrit character 'beom' is visible. Behind the figure, against a two-register background of a plain upper wall and a lower straw mat, a schematised backrest ornament is shown and a cushion is placed on the floor. On the right side of the picture is an inscription, written in white pigment on a vermilion ground, reading "True Portrait of Great Seon Master Chimgyedang Gwanchu". The picture measures 81.3 cm wide and 124.0 cm tall.

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Where it is

Region

Yangsan, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산