id: 156309 accession number: 1992.141 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.141 updated: 2020-11-04 21:34:46.250000 Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Bronze; outer diameter: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.); overall: 33 cm (13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Robert Moore 1992.141 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: creditline: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Robert Moore copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: bronze department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Outer diameter: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.); Overall: 33 cm (13 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary opening date: 1992-10-27T04:00:00 Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993). title: Object in Focus: Kundika opening date: 2003-07-15T00:00:00 Object in Focus: Kundika. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15-September 14, 2003). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; July 15 - September 14, 2003. " Object in Focus: Kundika " --- PROVENANCE Robert W. Moore, Los Angeles, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1986 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1986- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This distinctively shaped vessel is called a kundika 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 12th century, however, it came to serve as aristocrats’ fancy water container for everyday use. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003. 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/1992.141/1992.141_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.141/1992.141_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.141/1992.141_full.tif