• Koguryo and Balhae
  • Anak Tomb No. 3
Eastern Wall of the Eastern Gallery – Procession - Royal Attendants 2
TitleEastern Wall of the Eastern Gallery – Procession - Royal Attendants 2
Eastern Wall of the Eastern Gallery – Procession - Royal Attendants 1
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This is a detailed view of the Royal Attendants depicted on the eastern gallery wall in Anak Tomb No. 3. This is the top line of Royal Attendants of the three depicted on the eastern gallery wall. Six mounted officials can be seen in the line. Upon closer examination, only the fourth figure is wearing a military attaché Chaek (headwear) while the remaining officials are wearing civil servant Chaeks. Notably, only the military attaché is carrying a red banner among the Royal Attendants. The figures are wearing Durumagis (traditional Korean overcoat) featuring green Seons (accents on garments mimicking the black feathers on a crane’s neck or wingtips, influenced by Siberian shamanism). The military attaché is dressed identically to the other civil servants.
The artist's efforts to avoid monotony is evident in the alternating white Baektoma (white stallion) and red Jeoktoma (red stallion) depicted in the image. The horses mainly used in Koguryo at the time weren't the large, long-legged Ferghana horses (literally "sweats blood horse") from the mountains of Central Asia but a type of short-legged pony found in the grasslands of Mongolia. Although these horses probably couldn't run as fast as the long-legged Ferghana horses from the mountains of Central Asia, they likely played key roles in battles that took place in the mountainous regions of Koguryo. The horses' manes are tied up with red straps.

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