id:			152212
accession number:	1985.112
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.112
updated:		2022-06-14 09:01:09.222000

Basin with Inscribed Figures and Calligraphy, 1100s-1200s. Korea, Goryeo period (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)
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1100s-1200s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1299
current location:		236 Korean
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392)
technique:	bronze
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Metalwork
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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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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support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	Each of the three roundels contain five-character, four-line poems with Buddhist messages.
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1985
	opening date:   1986-02-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1985</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).

	title:		Scholar's Studio
	opening date:   1989-09-26T04:00:00
	<i>Scholar's Studio</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 26-December 31, 1989).

	title:		Korean Art from the United States
	opening date:   2012-06-04T00:00:00
	<i>Korean Art from the United States</i>. National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) (organizer) (June 4-August 5, 2012).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 16–October 28, 2003).

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PROVENANCE

	(London Gallery, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1985
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985–
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


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fun fact: 
A child, one of the main decorative elements for this basin, is possibly a young Buddhist pilgrim named Sudhana, who took a long spiritual journey to search for enlightenment.

digital description: 
This bronze basin may have been used for containing purified water. What makes this work charming is its intricate decoration done in silver inlay: the five-character, four-line poems interspersed among images of a child. The poems, which evoke the concept of nonattachment and nonduality, were written by Buddhist monks.

wall description: 

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1985." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 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. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 232-233
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	<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
	page number: 	
	url:		

	Choi, Eung-chon. “Craftsmen in Metal Arts in the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 金屬工藝의 匠人].” <em>Misulsahak yeongu</em> (2004): 171-192.
	page number: 	
	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]." <em>Misul sahakbo </em>22 (2004): 133-170.
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	url:		https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00557781&language=ko_KR

	<em>Korean Art from the United States</em> [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. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 250
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	Cho, Chiyun and Yi Seunghye. <em>Exquisite and Precious: The Splendor of Korean Art</em> [세밀가귀]​. Seoul: Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 66, no. 20, Mentioned: p. 362
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	<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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