The stone chamber tombs of Hanseong Baekje period in Gamil-dong show the spread of Baekje's stone chamber tomb around Hanseong. The gold beads excavated in stone chamber tomb of Gamil-dong tombs are believed to be made first by combining two hemispher...
The stone chamber tombs of Hanseong Baekje period in Gamil-dong show the spread of Baekje's stone chamber tomb around Hanseong. The gold beads excavated in stone chamber tomb of Gamil-dong tombs are believed to be made first by combining two hemispheres by soldering them, and the gold beads decorated with beaded-wire patterns on the joint part of hemispheres was next. Finally, gold bead was made by filigree techniques.
The gold bead seems to be the basic style gold bead of the Baekje dynasty that was found in the tomb of King Muryeong in the 6th century as well as the stone chamber of Hansung Baekje period in Gamil-dong tombs. The beaded-wire decorations of the gold beads served to enhance the decoration. It is known that the beaded-wire decoration of the Baekje dynasty begin to be shown in the Hanseong Baekje period.
Although the filigree technique gold bead was the only one excavated, it is the most important data that shows the filigree technique of the Baekje dynasty began in the Hansung Baekje period, not in the 6th century. Connecting with the previously mentioned tomb, gold beads were made from the second half of the 4th century to the first half of the 5th century in the order of the hemispherical gold bead, the beaded-wire decorated gold beads, and the filigree technique gold bead. Through the foundation of the filigree technic gold bead excavated at the stone chamber of the Hanseong Baekje period in Gamil-dong, the filigree technique was already used in the 5th century. Baekje gold beads excavated at Gamil-dong ancient tombs in Hanam city are believed to be important materials to inform the time of production, technic, and acceptance of the filigree technic of the Hanseong Baekje period.