Dobrovits Aladár szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 5. (Budapest, 1962)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM - MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Ferenczy, László: The Collection of Corean Industrial Art. A Gift of the Corean People's Democratic Republic

utensils, as baskets, combs, lattices for windows etc. A good example of this craft is also the handle of the Corean fan in the collection. Three carpets of mat and straw represent also a special Corean folk's art. The floors of the houses were covered on occasions of weddings or other feasts with straw-carpets of various, mostly red and black, colours. Mats were used generally against cold. Patterned strawcarpets were a valuable export-article of the I-period. Mostly renowned are those of the island of Kanhvado. The ancient objects presented by the Corean People's Republic to the Institute of Cultural Connections and ceded afterwards to the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Art represent a precious material also in international relation, as collecting of Corean art objects has begun only late in the West and was neglected in comparison to the collection of Chinese an Japanese works of art. The recently made objects reflect the taste of Corean people and signal the beginning of the renewal of the industrial and folk's art in Corea. The whole collection promotes a much better knowledge of the culture of our friends, the Corean people, living in the Far East. LITERATURE Horváth Tibor dr. Koreai népi és iparművészeti kiállítás. Magyar Nemzet, 1958. szeptember 7. Horváth Tibor dr. Koreai népi és iparművészeti kiállítás. Műterem, 1958. 11. szám, 36,1. Eckhardt, A. Geschichte der koreanischen Kunst. Leipzig. 1929. Honey, W. B. Corean Pottery. London, 1947. Horváth Tibor dr. Korea régi művészete. Budapest, TTIT, 1954. Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Phenyan, 1958. Li Jo Szan Cso-szon miszlusza gejo (A koreai művészet rövid története). Phenyang, 1955. Cso-szon rjok te to an csip. (A régi koreai ornamentika története). Phenyang, 1956.