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: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: bronze department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); Diameter of mouth with rim: 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Each of the three roundels contain five-character, four-line poems with Buddhist messages. translation: remark: --- 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: 1989-09-26T04:00:00 Scholar's Studio. 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 Korean Art from the United States. National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) (organizer) (June 4-August 5, 2012). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 16–October 28, 2003). --- 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: --- 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: --- RELATED WORKS --- 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 url: Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. 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].” Misulsahak yeongu (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]." Misul sahakbo 22 (2004): 133-170. page number: 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 url: 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 url: 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 url: Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.112/1985.112_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.112/1985.112_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.112/1985.112_full.tif