id:			156127
accession number:	1991.58
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.58
updated:		2022-01-04 17:10:36.486000

Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Bronze; overall: 39.5 cm (15 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of David S. Utterberg 1991.58

title:				Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika)
title in original language:	청동 정병 (靑銅淨甁)
series:				
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		236 Korean
creditline:			Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of David S. Utterberg
copyright:			

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culture:	Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392)
technique:	bronze
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 39.5 cm (15 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Notable Acquisitions
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Notable Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).

	title:		Object in Focus: Kundika
	opening date:   2003-07-15T00:00:00
	<i>Object in Focus: Kundika</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15-September 14, 2003).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact: 
This distinctively shaped vessel is called a <em>kundika </em>in Sanskrit, simply referring to a water bottle.

digital description: 
Known as kundika in Sanskrit, this distinctively shaped vessel served to purify a sacred space and to invoke a deity. In Korean Buddhist art, it appears primarily as an attribute of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Gwaneum in Korean). By the 1100s, however, the kundika was used as aristocrats’ fancy water container for everyday use.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00996932

	Cunningham, Michael R. "Notable Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 133
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161319

	<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
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	<em>The spirit of Goryeo in metalcrafts </em>[금속 공예 에 깃든 고려인 의 삶]<em>. </em>Seoul: Jeju National Museum and National Cheongju Museum, 2011.
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	<em>Bronze in Life and Art</em> [삶과 예술 속. 청동 靑銅 이야기] National Cheongju Museum (2016).
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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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