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Korean Sculpture
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Ancient Korean Sculpture
Sculpture, in the most primitive sense of the word, must have started in the Paleolithic Age, although no example that can be attributed to that time has been found. The earliest examples of sculpture known in Korea are some rock carvings on the Pan-gudae Cliff in Ulsan and some clay figurines of men and animals dating from the Neolithic Age.
The Bronze Age saw the active production of bronze, earthenware and clay figurines, but it was not until the introduction of Buddhism that sculpture in Korea began to develop in both quantity and quality. Any sculpture worth mentioning falls in the category of Buddhist sculpture.
Information provided by the Korean Embassy