id:			160209
accession number:	1998.121
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.121
updated:		2025-07-14 19:47:29.031000

Sutra Container, 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Gilt bronze with incised and high relief decoration; overall: 10.2 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm (4 x 2 9/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mitsuru Tajima, 1998.121

title:				Sutra Container
title in original language:	금동 동자유희무늬 불경상자 (金銅童子遊戱文佛經匣)
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		236 Korean
creditline:			Gift of Mitsuru Tajima
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culture:	Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
technique:	gilt bronze with incised and high relief decoration
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 10.2 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm (4 x 2 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Mr. Mitsura Tajima, Tokyo, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1998
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1998–
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CITATIONS

	Cunningham, Michael R., "Sacred Metalwork of Korea", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 43 no. 05, May 2003
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8-9
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2003-05/page/8

	<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
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	Choi, Eung-chon. “Metal Arts in the Late Goryeo Period [고려후기의 금속공예].” <em>Kangjwa misulsa</em> (2004): 125–156.
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	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].” <em>Misulsahak yeongu</em> (2004): 171–192.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00996932

	Kim, Eun-ae. "A Study of Repoussé Works of Goryeo [고려시대 타출 공예 연구]." <em>Misulsahak yeogu</em> (2007): 31-72.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00997073

	Kim, Ri-na. Korean Buddhist Art [한국불교미술사]<strong>.</strong> Seoul: Mijinsa, 2011.
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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: pp. 108–109, no. 69
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