id: 156281 accession number: 1992.118 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.118 updated: 2023-04-19 11:40:20.541000 Bronze Ritual Bell, 1200s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Cast bronze with incised inscription; diameter: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); overall: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1992.118 title: Bronze Ritual Bell title in original language: 청동 범종 (靑銅梵鐘) series: series in original language: creation date: 1200s creation date earliest: 1200 creation date latest: 1299 current location: 236 Korean creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: cast bronze with incised inscription department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); Overall: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Korean Art: Images from the Land of the Morning Calm opening date: 1990-10-23T04:00:00 Korean Art: Images from the Land of the Morning Calm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 23, 1990-January 13, 1991). title: Selected Acquisitions opening date: 1993-02-09T05:00:00 Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Korean National Museum, Seoul, South Korea (July 1982-October 1984). (no. 1776.3-1149/2) --- PROVENANCE Roger Chambard [1904-1982], Paris, France, to the Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, MD date: ?-1978 footnotes: *
French Ambassador to Republic of Korea, 1959-1969 
citations: The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, MD, New York, NY date: 1978-1992 footnotes: citations: (Joseph P. Carroll, Ltd., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 1992 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1992- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The inscription on this bell indicates it was cast in the year of the dragon and took three years to make. digital description: This miniature bell was once used as part of Buddhist indoor rituals. Likely suspended in a Buddhist temple, it features a cast dragon and a vertical tube to amplify the sound on top, and is decorated with Buddhist figures seated on lotuses. The echoing sound of the bell was thought to help Buddhist believers understand the significance of transience and impermanence; the sound instantly fades away as soon as one hears it. This sensory experience creates a striking conceptual parallel with Buddhist teachings, including the idea that all things and beings exist merely in our perception or imagination. An inscription indicates it was cast in the year of the dragon and took three years to make. wall description: This miniature bell was once used as part of Buddhist indoor rituals. Likely suspended in a Buddhist temple, it features a cast dragon and a vertical tube to amplify the sound on top, and is decorated with Buddhist figures seated on lotuses. The echoing sound of the bell was thought to help Buddhist believers understand the significance of transience and impermanence; the sound instantly fades away as soon as one hears it. This sensory experience creates a striking conceptual parallel with Buddhist teachings, including the idea that all things and beings exist merely in our perception or imagination. An inscription indicates it was cast in the year of the dragon and took three years to make. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Turner, Evan H., "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38-77. page number: Reproduced: p.45, fig.414 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/i25161386 Cleveland Museum of Art, and Michael R. Cunningham. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art; New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998. page number: Reproduced: p. 235 url: Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003. page number: Reproduced: p. 188, no. 56; p. 191, no. 57, Mentioned: p. 168 url: Choi, Eung-chon. “Metal Arts in the Late Goryeo Period [고려후기의 금속공예].” Kangjwa misulsa (2004): 125-156. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09054886 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 Kim, Eunae. "A Study of Repoussé Works of Goryeo [고려시대 타출 공예 연구]." Korean Journal of Art History (March 2007): 31-72. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00997073 The spirit of Goryeo in metalcrafts [금속공예에깃든고려인의삶]. Seoul: Jeju National Museum and National Cheongju Museum, 2011. page number: url: Bronze in Life and Art [삶과 예술 속. 청동 靑銅 이야기] National Cheongju Museum (2016). page number: 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/1992.118/1992.118_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.118/1992.118_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.118/1992.118_full.tif