id:			156127
accession number:	1991.58
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updated:		2025-07-12 11:02:23.308000

Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (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)
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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
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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: 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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 14, 2003).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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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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	Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 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. 122, no. 88
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