- Nationality/Period
Unified Silla Period
- Provenance
Yeon-gi-gun
- Materials
Stone - Other/ Miscellaneous
- Category
religion - Buddhism - adoration - image of Buddha
- Dimensions
H. 42.5cm
- Designation
National Treasure 106
- Accession Number
Sinsu 550
Discovered at Biamsa Temple in Yeongi-gun of Chungcheongnam-do (present-day Sejong City), this Buddhist stele carved with Amitabha Buddha accompanied by other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas contains an inscription stating that it was erected on the fifteenth day of the second lunar month in a Gichuk Year (probably 689) for the parents in the past seven lives. The carving, which depicts the Pure Land of Amitabha, is thought to be the oldest such work discovered in Korea so far, and is considered a great work of art due to the fine openwork rendering of the railings and stairs and to the composition taken to express spatial depth.