In May 1987, 11 clay icons and other stone products were excavated in an abandoned ancient tomb which was located in 541-1 Hwangsung-dong, Kyungju. 6 clav figures of them were depicted realistically man`s features and postures, costume at that time th...
In May 1987, 11 clay icons and other stone products were excavated in an abandoned ancient tomb which was located in 541-1 Hwangsung-dong, Kyungju. 6 clav figures of them were depicted realistically man`s features and postures, costume at that time that they gave a lot of significance to the fields of Korean Costume`s Academic Society. The main purpose of this thesis is to study the background of costume history when it was made and its formal characteristics with the study of those 6 clay figures. Shilla accepted the customs and attires of Sui and T`ang by means of frequent in coming and out going Chinese envoy as well as Shilla`s envoy, monks, hostages, and students in China. From that period, the diversity of Shilla`s costume began to develop by introducing T`ang`s style into Shilla`s costume. Crested hat of men`s clothing of the clay figures in Hwangsung-Dong is Bokdu Men`s figure Ⅱ wore Bokdu which Hugak is attached to Byunhyung. The garment is a Po and it is a tight sleeve and silhouette`s Banryungpo. The horizontal line of hemline of men`s figure I can be presumed by expression of ran though it is not as accurate as the clay figues in Yonggang-Dong. As for torso part Ⅰ, it can not be known the style of the crested hat because the head part was damaged, but it were shoes, belt and common sleeve, Benryungpo on tight sleeve shirt and tight trouser. The hair style of the women`s clothing in Hwangsung-dong clay figure is Bukkye peculiar to Korea. The costume was slim silhouette that people wore tight sleeve and short blouse and long skirt and belted on their bosom which dresses style was in vogue from late Sui dynasty to the early years of the T`ang period. The silh ouette of slim silhouette`s high waist which can be seen in the women`s dresses is mainly worn by Chinese and affected Shilla`s costume. Therefore the dresses style of the clay figures in Hwagsung-Dong, it is considered it is a dresses style of tight sleeves and slim silhouette together with the adaptation and abolition of foreign elements on the basis of Shilla`s own elements like Bukkye hair style and tight sleeve and silhouette. The style of Yonggang-Dong`s clay figures expresses spherical gei and common sleeve, loose silhouette of flourishing T`ang`s costumes planly whereas the style of Hwangsung-Dong`s clay costumes expresses refined spirit of the Shilla(Shillaism) though it is extremly simple.