신라 사찰 출토 금속공예의 종류와 제작시기

Abstract

From the time Buddhism was recognized in Silla, more than 500 temples were built in the capital and provinces of Silla until 935. The numerous metal crafts had been produced and used numerous necessary for ceremonies and daily life. However, despite the fact that more than 500 temples were built during the Silla period(BCE 57-CE 935), a very small amount of metal crafts are excavated from the Silla temple site, but they can be classified into implements for offerings, Buddhist musical instruments, decorative utensils, daily necessities, and seals depending on the purpose. There are incense burners, kundika (water ewer), and candle stick in the implements for offerings. Buddhist acoustic instruments included Buddhist gong, The decorative utensils included gilt-bronze openwork ornaments, flagpole, dragon and phoenix ornaments. Daily necessities included locks, bronze vessels, and hangers. Bronze seals related to the administration of the temple were also excavated. Most of the metal crafts excavated from the temple sites of Silla belong to the m the middle period or late period, and they gradually spread from the capital to the provinces. This is because more Silla temples were built in the provinces than in the capital as they went from the middle period to the late period, and many of them were produced in the 8th to 9th centuries. The implements for offerings including incense burners with having lion weightand kundikas were excavated around the provinces in relation to the introduction of the Southern school of Zen, and it was found that they spread from the provinces to the capital. The decorative utensils are spreading from the capitalto the provinces. In particular, the gilt-bronze openwork ornaments were excavated from Anapji to Hwangnyongsa temple site, Inwangdong temple site, and Changnyeong Malheuri temple site. Daily necessities are also spreading from the capital to the provinces, and although the bronze vessels excavated from Anapji, Hwangnyongsa temple, and Inwangdong temple site are similar in appearance to those excavated from Pyeongsan, Hwanghae-do and Busosan, Buyeo-gun.