Goryeo Obaeknahando(2025)

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2299

Category

Painting

Era

1235년(고려 고종22)

Designated year

2025

Location

동구, 부산광역시— 부산광역시 동구

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The Goryeo-period Five-Hundred-Arhat Painting represents a complex devotional art tradition spanning the Goryeo historical period without temporal limitation, with visual artistic expression of arhat veneration surviving only in limited numbers of contemporary works. The designated example represents one painting from a comprehensive Five-Hundred-Arhat ensemble produced during the thirteenth-century Mongol invasions of Goryeo, specifically depicting the 329th arhat Yuanxiang Zhu Zunzhe. The single-figure format presents the solitary arhat seated upon expansive stone, gazing upward toward a dragon positioned in the upper left portion of the composition. This work exemplifies exceptional artistic achievement through the dynamic and vigorous character conveyed through facial expression and posture, combined with sophisticated calligraphic brushwork and freely rendered value gradations. The painting inscription positioned upper left and right clearly identifies the arhat designations, while the lower central painting inscription documents specific production context, creation date (1235), dedicatory patron (Kim Heiin), and donor sponsor (Yi Hyeokcheum), thereby establishing crucial documentary material for Goryeo Buddhist painting scholarship. This work captures the elevated aesthetic refinement and mysterious religious sentience characteristic of Goryeo Buddhist painting tradition. Among surviving Goryeo Buddhist paintings—numerically extremely limited—this example establishes clear temporal documentation through preserved inscription, thereby achieving significant art-historical research value. The work exemplifies the distinguished artistic quality and sacred religious sensibility inherent in Goryeo Buddhist painting tradition, establishing substantial research and preservation value.