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Source rock investigation for the Gyeongju Seated Stone Buddha with Square Pedestals in the Blue House using nondestructive petrological analysis

청와대 소재 경주 방형대좌 석조여래좌상의 암석학적 비파괴분석을 통한 산지해석

  • Lee, Myeong Seong (Conservation Division of National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage) ;
  • Yoo, Ji Hyun (Conservation Division of National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage) ;
  • Kim, Jiyoung (Department of Cultural Heritage Conservation Sciences, Kongju National University)
  • 이명성 (국립문화재연구소 보존과학연구실) ;
  • 유지현 (국립문화재연구소 보존과학연구실) ;
  • 김지영 (공주대학교 문화재보존과학과)
  • Received : 2018.10.12
  • Accepted : 2018.10.31
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

A nondestructive petrological investigation was carried out to identify the original location and form of the Gyeongju Seated Stone Buddha with Square Pedestals in the Blue House (so-called Stone Buddha in the Blue House). The Statue is a representative stone Buddha statue of Silla (9th century) but its original location is controversial and some parts were missing. Based on the petrological observation, magnetic susceptibility and gamma spectrometry, its stone material was identified as medium-grained alkali feldspar granite. This kind of granites are widely found in the Namsan, Gyeongju. It is very likely that the Namsan granites are the source of rock of the Stone Buddha. The Yudeoksa (Igeosaji temple site) and Namsan are possible to be the original home of the Buddha Statue since there are petrologically identical alkali feldspar granite outcrop distributed in Namsan and stone heritage made of the same stone type in both places. An investigation on the square middle stone base in the Chuncheon National Museum reveals that it is less likely to be the missing part of the Buddha statue as the stone base is fine- to medium-grained pink feldspar granite and has different magnetic susceptibility from the Buddha statue. This study confirmed the contribution and significance of petrological investigation to identification of stone heritage in Korea.

청와대 소재 경주 방형대좌 석조여래좌상(일명 청와대 석불)의 원위치와 원형을 찾기 위해 암석학적 비파괴 조사를 실시하였다. 청와대 석불좌상은 통일신라(9세기)의 대표적인 석불좌상이나 원래의 위치에 대해 의견이 다양하고 중대석과 하대석이 유실된 채 전해져 왔다. 육안조사, 전암대자율, 감마스펙트로미터 측정 등의 비파괴조사를 통해 석불을 구성하는 암석은 중립질 알칼리장석화강암으로 확인되었다. 석불좌상의 중대석이라 추정됐던 춘천박물관 소장 중대석은 세립 내지 중립질 담홍색화강암이고 비파괴분석 결과에서 다른 특성을 보여 석불좌상의 원래 중대석일 가능성이 낮아졌다. 석불좌상의 알칼리화강암은 경주 남산에서 광범위하게 확인되는 암석으로, 남산은 청와대 석불좌상의 암석산지로 추정된다. 석조여래좌상의 출처로 언급되는 경주 도지동 이거사지와 경주 남산에는 청와대 석불좌상과 동일한 특징을 보이는 알칼리장석화강암이 노두와 동시기 석조 유산에서 많이 확인되어 두 지역 모두 원래 봉안처로서 가능성이 있다.

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Supported by : 국립문화재연구소

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