Metropolitan Museum Presents Spectacular Loan Exhibition of Art from Korea’s Silla Kingdom

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Bodhisattva in pensive pose, probably Maitreya (Korean: Mireuk). Korea, Silla kingdom, late 6th–early 7th century. Gilt bronze; H. 36 7/8 in. (93.5 cm). National Museum of Korea, National Treasure 83

NEW YORK---The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present "Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom," an exhibition dedicated to the magnificent art created between ca. 400-800, the seminal era of this intriguing kingdom, beginning November 4. This is the first exhibition in the West to focus exclusively on the art of Silla, tracing its rise from a small polity to a powerful and cosmopolitan kingdom both on the peninsula and within the broader framework of Eurasia, to which Silla was connected via trade, and at times political and diplomatic exchanges. Drawn from the holdings of the National Museums of Korea in Seoul and Gyeongju.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom,"(November 4, 2013 – February 23, 2014); 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY; (212) 535-7710; metmuseum.org