The Foundation has recently published Fragrance of Korea: The Ancient Gilt-Bronze Incense Burner of Baekje to introduce the brilliance and originality of Korea's traditional craftwork to people around the world. With an abundance of photographic images, this English-language catalog exclusively features the Gilt-Bronze Incense Burner of Baekje, designated a National Treasure of Korea (No. 287), which is acclaimed as the consummate metalcraft masterpiece of ancient East Asia for its exquisite detail and formative beauty.
With the close cooperation of the National Museum of Buyeo, this represents the first-ever publication in English in Korea on a single archaeological artifact. Designed and edited by Yekyong Publishing, the publication is an especially valuable Korean art resource for English-language readers with insightful commentary and vividly detailed images.
It includes 110 pages of photo images and 3 separate essays (28 pages), along with a decorative jacket and hardback cover (size: 227mm x 300mm).
Photographed by the Han Seok-hong Studio (currently the Institute of Korean Fine Art Photography), the images are categorized by lid, bowl, and pedestal stand, and by themes of its ornamental elements, such as the 5 musicians, human figures, figures with human face and animal body, animals and mythical creatures, birds, landscape scenery, and water animals. An annotated illustration at the start of each section serves as a reference for the individual details therein.
Hard cover with dust jacket in a SLIPCASE. NOT ex-library.