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title: Unified Silla Kingdom Gold Buddha
author: National Museum of Korea
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5801/unified-silla-kingdom-gold-buddha/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Unified Silla Kingdom Gold Buddha

_Authored by National Museum of Korea_

## Image File

[![Unified Silla Kingdom Gold Buddha](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5801.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5801.jpg)

## Image Caption

A [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) [Buddha](https://www.worldhistory.org/Siddhartha_Gautama/) statuette from the [Unified Silla Kingdom](https://www.worldhistory.org/Unified_Silla_Kingdom/) (668-918 CE), [Korea](https://www.worldhistory.org/Korea/). From a stone pagoda at the Hwangbok-sa [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) site, [Gyeongju](https://www.worldhistory.org/Gyeongju/) before 706 CE. Height 12.5 cm (National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Korea, N. M. o. (2016, September 30). Unified Silla Kingdom Gold Buddha. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5801/unified-silla-kingdom-gold-buddha/>
### Chicago
Korea, National Museum of. "Unified Silla Kingdom Gold Buddha." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 30, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5801/unified-silla-kingdom-gold-buddha/>.
### MLA
Korea, National Museum of. "Unified Silla Kingdom Gold Buddha." *World History Encyclopedia*, 30 Sep 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5801/unified-silla-kingdom-gold-buddha/>.

## License & Copyright

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