Gilt bronze Buddha statue recovered in South Korea

The Korea Herald reports that a well-preserved ninth-century Buddha statue has been uncovered in the northeast region of the country.

The Buddha statue found at a temple site in Yangyang, Gangwon Province, 
on Wednesday [Credit: Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea]

The gilt bronze statue, which stands approximately 20 inches tall, was found at a temple site that has also yielded a stone pagoda and other Buddhist artifacts.

“According to experts who were called upon to check the new discovery at the excavation site this afternoon, the relic seems to be the largest of such kind from the Unified Silla period (668-935) and hold high value both artistically and historically,” an official from Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration told the Yonhap News Agency.

Source: Azibaza [October 15, 2015]