The decorations were displayed behind the golden crowns.
Those decorations were priceless due to the scarcity of Baekje relics. Moreover those relics found in the tomb of King Muryeong were only case that the owner was confirmed.
Because most of Baekje relics were stolen, the owners of relics were not known in many cases.
There were 3 designated national treasuries among the decoration displayed in museum.
I’d like to introduce these treasuries in this posting.
The first thing attracted my interest was the earring. It looked not special at first, but the researcher of the museum explained it’s uniqueness.
The most astonishing part was this earring was made up of 99.9 % pure gold.
It meant that the refining techniques of Baekje Kingdom was very advanced to other civilizations.
The researcher told me that the pure gold content of the earrings was 98 % in Shilla Kingdom.
Wow. I make jewelry, among my many other pursuits, and I've avoided working with gold in part due to its softness, thus being something of a pain to work with without leaving obvious tool marks.
At 98% pure, this gold had to be extremely difficult to work, much less to care for, which makes it doubly amazing that it survived in such pristine condition for so long.
Of course, my other reason for not working with gold is that I simply prefer sterling silver, and always have. ;-)
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