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Detail: Due to its remarkable malleability and durability, gold has been widely used in artifacts for the wealthy and for royalty since the fifth millennium BC. In Korean art, this precious mineral was the main material for luxury goods during the Three Kingdoms period (57 BC−668). In The Book of Pleasant Journeys into Faraway Lands, the author Muhammad al-Idrisi (1099−1166) writes: “Gold is too common in the Silla kingdom. Even the dog’s leash and the monkey’s collar are made of gold.”
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Avatamsaka Sutra No. 78 (detail) |
Korea 1200s–1300s, Goryeo period (918–1392). 20.6 x 43.7 cm; each page: 20.7 x 11 cm. |
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