Stone Lantern at Jingusa Temple Site, Imsil

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.267

Category

Sites & Pagodas

Era

통일신라시대

Designated year

1963

Location

임실군, 전북특별자치도— 전북 임실군 신평면 용암리 734번지

Coordinates

35.634179, 127.210446

This 5.18m-tall stone lantern sits on an octagonal platform except the middle pedestal. Lotus pattern is carved on the lower part of the pedestal and big floral designs are decorated on the edges. The light chamber has eight windows. The octagonal roof stone is curved sharply upward at the corners and there are big floral decorations at the corners. Noban, the base of the finial, and the hemispheric bokbal (over-turned bowl) are all that remain of the lantern's crowning finial. This stone lantern is believed to date back to the Unified Silla period. Judging from the fact that the Stone Lantern of Silsangsa Temple (Treasure No. 35) and Stone Lantern at Gaeseonsa Temple Site (Treasure No. 111) all have eight windows, this stone lantern also shows the features of stone lanterns made in Jeolla-do.

Location