국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Nine-story Gilt-bronze Miniature Pagoda Excavated from the Five-story Stone Pagoda in Nawon-ri
  • Nationality/Period

    Unified Silla Period

  • Provenance

    Gyeongju-si

  • Materials

    Metal - Gilt-bronze

  • Category

    religion - Buddhism - solemnity - sarira reliquary

  • Dimensions

    H. 8.7cm

  • Accession Number

    Sinsu 14906

Numerous artifacts were found at the Five-story Stone Pagoda in Nawon-ri, Hyeongok-myeon, Gyeongju while it was being disassembled for repairs in 1996, including a sarira reliquary, a three-story miniature pagoda, three miniature nine-story pagodas, fragments of a miniature wooden pagoda, four beads, and excerpts from the Spotless Pure Light Dharani Sutra written in Indian ink on mulberry paper.