Many Korean buddhist temples have pairs of tall tone plinths - TopicsExpress



          

Many Korean buddhist temples have pairs of tall tone plinths placed close to each other near the entrance of a temple. This bronze statue is a model of what would have once been a flagpole which would have been placed in between those plinths. This statue is a South Korean national treasure because it preserves, as a bronze model, what ancient temple flag poles must have looked like. Dated to the Koryo dynasty. Courtesy & currently located at the Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:10:13 +0000

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