Gold Earrings of King Muryeong

Basic information

Designation

National Treasure No.156

Category

Craft

Era

백제시대

Designated year

1974

Location

공주시, 충청남도— 충남 공주시 관광단지길 34, 국립공주박물관 (웅진동)

Coordinates

36.465600, 127.112373

This pair of gold earrings was excavated from Royal Tomb of King Muryeong in Gongju. They are 8.3cm long and luxuriously designed. They were discovered on the head of the King's wooden coffin. Two long ornaments are hanging from a thick ring. One strip has a big leaf-shaped gold plate that is attached to the end of a hollow tube-shaped middle ornament. This tube-shaped ornament is very simply designed without any patterns on it, except the two small oval leaves in the front and rear sides for a variation to the design. When observed from the side, it seems to be curved inward. The tube-shaped middle ornament has a stopper decorated with golden strings and beads. The leaf-shaped ornaments are placed around the middle ornament to face each other. The other strip has a bead-shaped ornament composed of several small rings with leaf-shaped ornaments attached to it. A blue curved jade with a well-matched golden cap is at the end of the strip. This type of earrings with two strips was also excavated from the Geumnyeong Cemetry, the tomb of one of Silla's Kings, in city of Gyeongju.

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