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| Designation Number |
Treasure
No.8 |
| Date of Designation |
January
21, 1963 |
| Age |
Goryeo
Dynasty |
| Location |
420-5
Sanggyo-ri, Bungnae-myeon, Yeoju-gun,
Gyeonggi-do |
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The first stone relic you see after entering Godalsa
Temple is a Stone Buddha Pedestal. Only the pedestal
has been preserved but unfortunately, without the
stone Buddhist statue. Because of the Pedestal’s
large size, the Buddhist statue must have been gigantic.
The fact that this pedestal is designated as Treasure
No.8 honors its great artistic skill.The Pedestal
is 1.57m high of a square shape and consists of
all upper-, middle- and lower-ground stones. Three
stones are piled to form a square pedestal, each
layer is made from a different stone and lotus flowers
are engraved on each of the stones.On the ground,
there is a ground stone with an angled stand; this
ground stone is fully supporting the pedestal.All
sides of the angled stand are carved; there are
lotus flowers on top of the stand and a 3-layer
base was laid to support the middle-stone. A square
middle-stone has engravings on all of its sides.
On the upper-stone, like the lower-stone, there
are engraved lotus flowers, and the stand for the
upper-stone is a 3-step stair consisting of two
squares on the bottom and top and a round one in
the middle.The square pedestal has lotus flowers
engraved on it and is evaluated as one of the greatest
pieces of art from the early Goryeo period. |
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