id: 156127 accession number: 1991.58 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.58 updated: 2019-05-15 11:08:37.984000 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: series in original language: 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: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: bronze department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 39.5 cm (15 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Notable Acquisitions opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00 Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; July 15 - September 14, 2003. " Object in Focus: Kundika " --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Choi, Eung-Chon, and Kumja Paik Kim. Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco, CA: Asian Art Museum, 2003. page number: Reproduced: p. 197, no. 60; p. 198, no. 61 url: Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn'guso (Korea), and Brooklyn Museum of Art. Miguk Pŭruk'ŭllin Pangmulgwan sojang Han'guk munhwajae = Korean art collection in the Brooklyn Museum, New York, U.S.A. Taejŏn Kwangyŏksi: Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn'guso, 2006. page number: Reproduced: p. 95, no. 135, Mentioned: p. 225 url: Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn'guso (Korea), and Philadelphia Museum of Art. Miguk P'illadelp'ia Misulgwan sojang Han'guk munhwajae = Korean art collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, U.S.A. Taejŏn Kwangyŏksi: Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn'guso, 2008. page number: Reproduced: p. 167, no. 194, Mentioned: p. 297 url: Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan (Korea). Koryŏ Pulhwa Taejŏn : 700 Nyŏn Man ŭi Haehu = Masterpieces of Goryeo Buddhist Painting : A Long Lost Look after 700 Years. Ch'opan ed. Sŏul: Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan, 2010. page number: Reproduced: p.136, no. 48, Mentioned: p.300 url: Kungnip Cheju Pangmulgwan, and Kungnip Ch'ŏngju Pangmulgwan. Kŭmsok kongye e kittŭn Koryŏin ŭi sam = The spirit of Goryeo in metalcrafts. Sŏul: Piei Tijain parhaeng, 2011. page number: Reproduced: p. 66, no. 47 url: Kim, Yŏng-wŏn. Miguk Met'ŭrop'ollit'an Misulgwan sojang Han'guk munhwajae. Taejŏn-si: Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn’guso, 2012. page number: Reproduced: p. 215, no. 188, 189 url: Sanekata, Yōko, and Yukiko Shirahara. Kōrai butsuga: kaoritatsu sōshokubi = The fragrant sublime : Koryŏ Buddhist paintings. Kyōto: Sen’oku hakukokan, 2016. page number: Reproduced: p. 108, no 52, 53, Mentioned: p. 184 url: Sin, Myŏng-hŭi, and Kwang-sŏp Kim. Sam kwa yesul sok ch'ŏngdong iyagi = Bronze in life and art. Ch’ungch’ŏng-bukto Ch’ŏngju-si: Kungnip Ch’ŏngju Pangmulgwan, 2016. page number: Reproduced: p. 88 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.58/1991.58_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.58/1991.58_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.58/1991.58_full.tif