• Koguryo and Balhae
  • Anak Tomb No. 3
Eastern Wall of the Eastern Gallery – Procession - Royal Attendants 3
TitleEastern Wall of the Eastern Gallery – Procession - Royal Attendants 3
Eastern Wall of the Eastern Gallery – Procession - Royal Attendants 2
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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 center line of Royal Attendants of the three depicted on the eastern gallery wall. Six mounted civil servants can be seen in the line. Military attachés, alternating between one and two figures, can be seen trailing on foot behind each mounted civil servant. These military attachés were depicted to be smaller in scale than the civil servants in accordance with the “hierarchical scale” technique. The civil servants are wearing attire identical to those from the top line of Royal Attendants. The military attachés are wearing green Jeogoris (traditional Korean upper garment) with form-fitting white trousers. The soldier at the back of the line can be seen carrying a long, red banner.
The artist's efforts to avoid monotony is evident in the alternating red Jeoktoma (red stallion) and white Baektoma (white 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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