Gold Diadem Ornaments of the Queen Consort of King Muryeong

The queen's gold crown ornaments, excavated from the Tomb of King Muryeong in Gongju together with the king's: a pair identical in shape and size, 22.6 cm high and 13.4 cm wide. When the tomb was discovered and investigated in 1971, they were found lying one on the other near the head inside the queen's coffin. Sheet gold is pierced with a pattern and a stem attached below. The openwork is arranged in left-right symmetry, giving a sense of order. At the centre a vase stands on a lotus base, surrounded by scrolls, with a single open flower above it, and flame rises along the edges from the middle upward. They are a little smaller than the king's crown ornaments found in the same tomb and have no beads or other pendants, which gives them a simpler look. The Tomb of King Muryeong is the tomb of King Muryeong (r. 501–523), the twenty-fifth king of Baekje, and his queen, a chamber built of brick, and many objects were found in it. They are valued as evidence of the level of Baekje culture in the early sixth century and of its burial customs, and the epitaph stones in it were the first among tombs of the Three Kingdoms period to identify who was buried and when.

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Where it is

Region

Yongsan-gu, Seoul

Designation

National Treasure · 국보