3 apr 500 anni - Gold and jade crown

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5th-6th century CE
Metalwork
Three Kingdoms Period, Silla Kingdom, Korea
• Sila Kingdom- most powerful in 5th and 6th centuries
• Used for burial ceremonial rites
• Practiced shamanism
• Crown represents sacred tree of life=axis mundi
• Jade disks- symbolized fertility, abundance
• Tillya Tepe crown also exhibits shamanistic beliefs
• TT came from silk road and connected to Rome
• Burial rituals- adopted traditions from chinese, objects buried with dead, used in ceremonies

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