Wanggungri Five-Tier Pagoda: Votive Objects

SOUTH KOREA, North Jeolla, Iksan; Goryeo dynasty

Several votive objects were recovered in 1965 from the five-tier stone pagoda at Wanggungri. The items were listed as National Treasure No. 123 in 1966.
Covered with flower, leaf, and bead patterns, the gold reliquary is 7.8 cm high and has a pyramidal lid with a lotus bud in the center. The green glass reliquary bottle stands on an upright lotus and is 7.7 cm high with a pear-shaped body, long slender neck, and a gold stopper shaped like a lotus bud. The gilt copper alloy sutra case is 10.3 cm high and is undecorated apart from the lotus design and ring in the center of the lid. The 19 gilt copper panels are inscribed with the Diamond Sutra; each panel has 17 columns with 17 characters in each column. They are the only known examples of gilt copper sutra panels.