Title

Confucian Scholars

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Creator

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Document Type

Three Dimensional Object

Physical Format of Original

stone sculpture

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Description

This pair of Confucian Scholars come from Kyonggi-Do province in northwestern South Korea, on the Yellow Sea. In Confucian society, scholarship is revered and these statues were tomb markers, although not necessarily marking the graves of scholars but possibly court officials or nobles. 15th or 16th Century

Recommended Citation

"Confucian Scholars" (2013). Art@PPL images. 2.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/artppl_images/2