KOEEAN COLLECTIONS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 467 



Book of water-color paintings (Hwa-cliup). Painted in water 

 color on silk. The eight sketches of birds and animals are painted 

 by one artist and alternated with three kinds of hieroglyphics writ- 

 ten by different men. The work is excellent and full of feeling. 



Length, 18 iuclies; width, 11^ iuches. 



Collected by P. L. Joiiy. 



Paiutcd about 1790, by Huiu-ja or "Ye Chok," one of the popular artists of 

 that time, who lived at Sing Chow. Drawn in Seoul while on a visit to the 

 Kirn family. 



Scroll picture. Water color of a tiger (Jok-ja under a pine-tree. 

 Iron rings for suspension. 



Length, 47A inche.s; width, 28 iuches. 



Seoul, Korea. 151597 



Collected by P. L. Jouy. 



Porcelain screen. Photograph of a fine painted screen from the 

 royal palace. 



Seoul, Korea. 129558 



Collected by Gustavns Goward. 



Water-color painting (Gu-rim). Man in ordinary dress and hat 

 worn at home. 1. 



Water-color painting (Gu-rim). Closed sedan with sliding win- 

 dows, carried by four men. Used by the high officers and their 

 wives. Compare the Japanese Kago. 2. 



Water-color painting (Gu rim). Officer in armor with sword in 

 hand. 3. 



The armor worn by officers is made of small plates of leather and iron joined 

 together. It is covered with red woolen cloth ornamented with tigures made 

 of cojjper or silver gilt and bordered with fur and lined with thick blue silk. 

 Officers are allowed to use the royal color. 



Water-color painting (Gu-rim). Officer in full dress uniform. 4. 

 Water color painting (Gu-rim). Man riding, servant leading the 



horse, o. 

 Water-color painting (Gu-rim). Prime minister seated on a sedan 



carried by four men. The sedan and large fan are lawfully 



allowed only to the prime minister. 6. 

 Water-color painting (Gu rim). Buddhist priest with hat of straw 



in the act of bowing. 7. 

 Water-color painting (Gu-rim). Officer's servant dressed in black 



coat and hat and white belt, carrying his master's official dress 



and tobacco box. 8. 

 Water-color painting (Gu-rim). Palace servant wearing brown 



coat and blue sash ; sword on back. 9. 



This servant is selected from the class of respectable citizens and trained as 

 a regular soldier. There are five hundred such ser^■auts in the palace at Seoul. 



Water-color painting (Gu-rim). Lady in ordinary dress. The 

 small ornament on the top of the head and the purple vest are 

 never worn together. 10. 



