창녕 술정리 동삼층석탑 출토 사리장엄구의 고찰 (A Set of Buddist Reliquaries from Suljeong-ri East Pagoda in Changnyeong)

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초록

This study is about the set of Buddhist reliquaries in the collection of the National Museum of Korea, which was discovered from the Suljeong-ri East pagoda in December 24, 1965. The pagoda (National Treasure No. 34) was first built in the Unified Silla dynasty, and this set of Buddhist reliquaries was presumably made at that time. Until the present, however, there has been only a brief excavation report on the reliquaries. This study provides more detailed information on these reliquaries and also reconsiders a recent theory related to the identification of the pagoda and the temple site. In the Suljeong-ri East Pagoda, seven Buddhist relics were placed inside a small yellow glass bottle, which was stored in a bronze reliquary. This bronze reliquary is shaped as a cup with a saucer and has a bronze lid in the form of a dish. The shape of this bronze reliquary resembles that of the silver cup with a bronze saucer excavated from the tomb of King Muryeong in Baekje dynasty, however, the style of the cup resembles the body of the Unified Silla gilt bronze incense burner with a long handle, which is now in Samsung Museum of Art. The whole styles of these reliquaries look alike the common tablewares used in the Unified Silla dynasty. During the Unified Silla dynasty, they used to combine two or three ordinary vessels and to convert them into a special Buddhist reliquary. In and around the bronze reliquary were placed several small votive objects such as glass beads and ornaments. Also found are some unknown organic materials including soil and pieces of aromatic trees. These votive objects are neither expensive nor extraordinary, but common things in that period. On the whole, the set of Buddhist reliquaries from the Suljeong-ri East Pagoda is rather simple and indistinctive than other Buddhist reliquaries of the time. In 2000, a research team of the Dong-a University Museum examined the surroundings of the Suljeong-ri East Pagoda and found some archaeological evidences of a temple site. Although there was no exact material evidence, the research team named the temple site as Inyangsa(仁陽寺) temple. The name of Inyangsa temple appears in the stone inscription of National Treasure No. 222, which stands near the temple site. According to the inscription, the stone pagoda of Inyangsa temple was repaired over four stories in 803. But the existing Suljeong-ri East Pagoda is only a three-story pagoda. Therefore, the temple site of the Suljeong-ri East Pagoda is not likely the Inyangsa site, and one can not identify the exact name of this site at this moment. The archaeological evidences may have been in relation with the historical documents, but the research of these relations needs more prudent and elaborate attitude.

영어초록

This study is about the set of Buddhist reliquaries in the collection of the National Museum of Korea, which was discovered from the Suljeong-ri East pagoda in December 24, 1965. The pagoda (National Treasure No. 34) was first built in the Unified Silla dynasty, and this set of Buddhist reliquaries was presumably made at that time. Until the present, however, there has been only a brief excavation report on the reliquaries. This study provides more detailed information on these reliquaries and also reconsiders a recent theory related to the identification of the pagoda and the temple site. In the Suljeong-ri East Pagoda, seven Buddhist relics were placed inside a small yellow glass bottle, which was stored in a bronze reliquary. This bronze reliquary is shaped as a cup with a saucer and has a bronze lid in the form of a dish. The shape of this bronze reliquary resembles that of the silver cup with a bronze saucer excavated from the tomb of King Muryeong in Baekje dynasty, however, the style of the cup resembles the body of the Unified Silla gilt bronze incense burner with a long handle, which is now in Samsung Museum of Art. The whole styles of these reliquaries look alike the common tablewares used in the Unified Silla dynasty. During the Unified Silla dynasty, they used to combine two or three ordinary vessels and to convert them into a special Buddhist reliquary. In and around the bronze reliquary were placed several small votive objects such as glass beads and ornaments. Also found are some unknown organic materials including soil and pieces of aromatic trees. These votive objects are neither expensive nor extraordinary, but common things in that period. On the whole, the set of Buddhist reliquaries from the Suljeong-ri East Pagoda is rather simple and indistinctive than other Buddhist reliquaries of the time. In 2000, a research team of the Dong-a University Museum examined the surroundings of the Suljeong-ri East Pagoda and found some archaeological evidences of a temple site. Although there was no exact material evidence, the research team named the temple site as Inyangsa(仁陽寺) temple. The name of Inyangsa temple appears in the stone inscription of National Treasure No. 222, which stands near the temple site. According to the inscription, the stone pagoda of Inyangsa temple was repaired over four stories in 803. But the existing Suljeong-ri East Pagoda is only a three-story pagoda. Therefore, the temple site of the Suljeong-ri East Pagoda is not likely the Inyangsa site, and one can not identify the exact name of this site at this moment. The archaeological evidences may have been in relation with the historical documents, but the research of these relations needs more prudent and elaborate attitude.

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