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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.956.2
Title
Illustrated Compendium of Loyal Persons (I-ryun Haeng-sil To), Volume 2: Officials, Friends, and Teachers
Classification
Prints
Work Type
thread-bound book
Date
1580
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/94694

Physical Descriptions

Medium
One of a set of two thread-bound, woodblock-printed books; ink on paper. Printed in Tanyang, North Ch'unch'ŏng province; 1580 reprint of a book whose preface is dated to 1518.
Dimensions
each page (folded sheet): H. 37.3 x W. 20.6 cm (14 11/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA (by 1985), bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.956.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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