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Sarira Reliquaries from the Five-story Stone Pagoda in Wanggung-ri, Iksan (Gilt-bronze Sutra Plaque)
- Nationality/Period
Unified Silla Period
- Provenance
Iksan-si
- Materials
Metal - Silver
- Category
religion - Buddhism - enlightenment - sutras' plate
- Dimensions
L. 14.8cm, W. 13.7cm
- Designation
National Treasure 123-1
- Accession Number
Sinsu 2129
This set of nineteen gold plaques, discovered during the dismantling and restoration of the Five-story Stone Pagoda in Wanggung-ri, Iksan in 1965, contains an incised inscription of the Diamond Sutra. Each plaque bears an inscription consisting of 289 characters aligned in seventeen lines of “manuscript script.” The plaques are hinged together and designed to be bound with thin gold bands.
