Highlights
Silver Bowls With Cover
- Nationality/Period
Silla Kingdom
- Provenance
Gyeongju-si
- Materials
Metal - Silver
- Category
Food - Tableware - Foods and Drinks - case
- Dimensions
H. 15.6cm
- Accession Number
Bongwan 14357
This silver bowl was excavated from the Seobongchong Tomb in 1926. The bowl has a flat bottom, and a cross-shaped knob is attached to the top of its lid. The Chinese characters inscribed inside the lid and on its bottom state that it was made with 6 geun (=3.6 kg) of silver by royal command in the third lunar month of the first Yeonsu year.