- Nationality/Period
Unified Silla Period
- Provenance
Chilgok-gun
- Materials
Glass/ Gemstone - Green Jade
- Category
clothes - Accessories - Others
- Dimensions
L. 2.6cm
- Designation
Treasure 325-6
- Accession Number
Sinsu 334
Discovered in 1959 during repair work on the Five-story Brick Pagoda in Songnimsa Temple in Chilgok-gun, North Gyeongsang-do Province, this pavilion-shaped miniature stupa is one of the sarira reliquaries, including a glass cup and bottle, contained within a tortoise-shaped stone chest stored in the brick pagoda. A curved jade, or gogok in Korean, is a crescent-shaped jade ornament with one end thicker than the other. During the Silla Dynasty they were used to decorate various precious objects such as gold crowns, belt pendants, and necklaces. This particular jade discovered in the Five-story Brick Pagoda of Songnimsa Temple shows a considerable similarity to those commonly found along with sarira reliquaries.