Highlights
Rubbed Copy of Copperplate of the Monument for Priest Yeomgeo
- Nationality/Period
Unified Silla Period
- Materials
Paper
- Category
Culture / Art - Letter & Paintings - rock engraving
- Dimensions
112.0x37.0cm
- Accession Number
Bongwan 289
This is a rubbed copy of the copperplate discovered at the stupa of the Buddhist monk Yeomgeo (National Treasure No. 104). Yeomgeo was a disciple of Doui and a teacher of Chejing. He was the second founder of the Gajisan Sect of Korean Buddhism. The record is the first concerning a stupa erected in honor of monk; the stupa is the oldest extant stupa in the country.