Jikjisa Daeungjeon Sumidan Altar, Gimcheon

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1859

Category

Craft

Designated year

2015

Location

김천시, 경상북도— 경상북도 김천시 직지사길 95 (대항면, 직지사)

Coordinates

36.118500, 128.117400Museum-based location

The wooden Buddhist altar in the main dharma hall of Jikjisa Temple in Gimcheon, made at the time of the hall’s renovation, is highly representative of wooden works of its kind produced in Korea during the mid-seventeenth century. The altar is combined with the statues of a Buddha triad, murals, and dancheong decoration known to have been produced in 1668, as well as the altar painting of another triad completed in 1744. It is now regarded as a valuable example of the ornamental altars produced in the late Joseon period. The diverse symbolic ornamental objects and motifs arranged in a diorama style, an element rarely seen in other altars of the same period, the high relief carving and decoration in multiple vivid colors make it a fine example of the art of woodworking of late Joseon.

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