This stone bowl, which once stood
in front of the district office in Buyeo, was
transferred to the old museum site during the
Japanese colonial rule of Korea, currently standing
in the Buyeo National Museum. This stone bowl,
a relic of Baekje Period and used to plant a lotus
in the palace, stands like a round blossom on
the Íï-shaped base. The round base has no decoration
and is simple. The main bowl's mouth contracts
inwardly and draws an arc outwardly. And its bottom
is flat but gently curved. The eight vertical
stripes are carved at regular intervals on the
outer face, and the inscription on the bowl is
the same with one on the first-storied body of
the five-storied stone pagoda in the Jeongnimsa
Temple site, is left incomplete, which means that
it was to say that Tang Dynasty of China had conquered
Baekje. As this bowl has no lotus pattern, it
is believed to be irrelevant to a temple relic.
It was found at the site where is assumed to have
been a Baekje palace. Thus, it is presumed to
have been used in the palace as a lotus bowl.
Its voluminous shape and sleek curves well reflect
the simple and naive aestheticism of Baekje people.
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