id: 152212
accession number: 1985.112
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updated: 2025-11-03 14:46:20.809000
Basin with Inscribed Figures and Calligraphy, 1100s–1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); diameter of mouth with rim: 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1985.112
title: Basin with Inscribed Figures and Calligraphy
title in original language: 청동 은입사 호 (靑銅銀入絲兩耳壺)
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creation date: 1100s–1200s
creation date earliest: 1100
creation date latest: 1299
current location: 236 Korean
creditline: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
technique: bronze
department: Korean Art
collection: Korean Art
type: Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); Diameter of mouth with rim: 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.)
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inscription: Each of the three roundels contain five-character, four-line poems with Buddhist messages.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Year in Review for 1985
opening date: 1986-02-12T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).
title: Scholar's Studio
opening date: 1989-09-19T04:00:00
Scholar's Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).
title: Korean Art from the United States
opening date: 2012-06-04T00:00:00
Korean Art from the United States. National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) (organizer) (June 4-August 5, 2012).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 16–October 28, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-10-28T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(London Gallery, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1985
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1985–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1985." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (1986): 26-71.
page number: Reproduced: p. 42, no. 194; Mentioned: p. 70, no. 194
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930
Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 232-233
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Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
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Choi, Eung-chon. “Craftsmen in Metal Arts in the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 金屬工藝의 匠人].” Misulsahak yeongu (2004): 171-192.
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url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00996932
Lee, Young-hee. "The Study on the Craft technique of Koryo Dynasty-Centering on Interrelation [고려시대 공예기법 연구 상호관련성을 중심으로]." Misul sahakbo 22 (2004): 133-170.
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url: https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00557781&language=ko_KR
Korean Art from the United States [미국, 한국미술을 만나다 ]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2012.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 166-167, no. 71
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 250
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Cho, Chiyun and Yi Seunghye. Exquisite and Precious: The Splendor of Korean Art [세밀가귀]. Seoul: Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: p. 66, no. 20, Mentioned: p. 362
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Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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McCormick, Sooa Im. "The Past and Present of the Korean Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art." In The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, 국외소재문화재재단, and An Min-hŭi, ed., 22-37. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 30, fig. 23
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Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 126-129, no. 92
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