id:			156309
accession number:	1992.141
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.141
updated:		2022-01-04 17:10:59.983000

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)
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Robert Moore
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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: Outer diameter: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.); Overall: 33 cm (13 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary
	opening date:   1992-10-27T04:00:00
	<i>Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary</i>. 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
	<i>Object in Focus: Kundika</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15-September 14, 2003).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; July 15 - September 14, 2003.  " Object in Focus:  Kundika "

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PROVENANCE

	Robert W. Moore, Los Angeles, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1986
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1986-
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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 <em>kundika</em> 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.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
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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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