Geum Am-dang Portrait

This portrait shows the Seon master of Geumamdang Hall seated cross-legged on the floor, in seven-tenths left profile, holding a monk's staff in his left hand and a rosary in his right, and facing sideways. Behind him is a two-tiered background of an upper wall painted with a lotus design on a green ground and a lower woven mat, with a stylised backrest decoration placed behind him. On the left side of the painting is the hwaje reading 禪敎兩宗勤岩堂大師影 ("Portrait of the Great Master of Geumamdang Hall of the Seon and Doctrinal Schools"), and on the right is a yeongchan, a eulogy composed for the portrait: 無瑕明珠當天朗月乃形乃像其性 其心影則非眞眞則非影眞影▨ 間合所留神 門族德旻謹讚 — "Like a flawless bright pearl facing the clear moon in the sky, such is his form, such is his likeness, such his nature, such his mind; if the likeness is not the true self, then the true self is not the likeness — yet somewhere between the two his spirit abides. Respectfully composed by Deokmin, of his order." The painting measures 79.0 cm in width and 111.8 cm in height.

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Where it is

Region

Yangsan, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산