Nonggyeongmun Cheongdonggi

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1823

Category

Craft

Designated year

2014

Location

용산구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 용산구 서빙고로 137 (용산동6가, 국립중앙박물관)

Coordinates

37.523500, 126.980100Museum-based location

The Bronze Ritual Object with Farming Scene is a bronze object engraved with a landscape containing a man tilling a field and a woman trying to catch a bird on one side, and a group of birds perched in the forked branches of two trees on the other. The object, which is conjectured to have been used as a ritual tool during the Bronze Age, has lost much of its lower half but is nevertheless widely regarded as a valuable part of the Korean cultural heritage as it contains vivid visual information about the activities of Bronze Age people, including the worship of supernatural powers and work. The central motif is carved in low relief, while the decorative designs are incised around the edges, which, together with the square holes along its upper edge, show that it was made using a complex casting technique.

Location