The decorations were displayed behind the golden crowns.
Those decorations were priceless due to the scarcity of Baekje relics. Moreover those relics found in the tomb of King Muryeong were only case that the owner was confirmed.
Because most of Baekje relics were stolen, the owners of relics were not known in many cases.
There were 3 designated national treasuries among the decoration displayed in museum.
I’d like to introduce these treasuries in this posting.
The first thing attracted my interest was the earring.
It looked not special at first, but the researcher of the museum explained it’s uniqueness.
The most astonishing part was this earring was made up of 99.9 % pure gold.
It meant that the refining techniques of Baekje Kingdom was very advanced to other civilizations.
The researcher told me that the pure gold content of the earrings was 98 % in Shilla Kingdom.
It was said that the working in gold was more delicate in Baekje Kingdom than Shilla Kingdom.
When I was looking around the museum for Shilla relics in Gyeongju, I didn’t notice comparative workmanship in gold between Baekje and Shilla.
I think I need to visit the museum in Gyeongju once again to look at the relics more carefully.
Second treasury was the necklace.
The necklace was Queen’s and also golden. But the uniqueness of this necklace was it’s design and technique. All parts composing this necklace were same size and it had same bending angle.
In this reason, this necklace could be designated as the national treasury.
The king’s necklace was also found, but Queen’s necklace was evaluated more valuable in artistic quality.
The third was queen’s bracelets.
The queen’s bracelets were made up of silver.
The researcher explained the reason designated as the national treasury was the record written inside of the bracelet.
In this record, the maker of the bracelet and the weight of silver were written.
The most interest fact was the unit of the weigh was smaller than “g”
The fact Baekje Kingdom had used smaller weight unit than “g” showed the advanced technology of Baekje people.
Even though there were not many relics of Baekje, it was sufficient that those treasuries astonish us for the superiority of Baekje Kingdom’s technology.
Thank you for reading.