id: 160209 accession number: 1998.121 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.121 updated: 2020-11-04 21:46:16.099000 Sutra Container, 1100s. Korea, Goryeo period (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) series: series in original language: creation date: 1100s creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1299 current location: 236 Korean creditline: Gift of Mitsuru Tajima copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: gilt bronze with incised and high relief decoration department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 10.2 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm (4 x 2 9/16 x 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: This is a portable container once used to preserve a miniature Buddhist sacred text, particularly useful for traveling Buddhist pilgrims. digital description: wall description: This is a portable container once used to preserve a miniature Buddhist sacred text. Created by hammering the reverse, high-relief designs on both the front and back of the case depict a peaceful pond where young boys are holding giant lotus flowers in their hands, and a pair of mandarin ducks are swimming. Probably the playful boys represent newly reborn souls in the Pure Land, as described in the Lotus Sutra, a widely popular Buddhist scripture during the Goryeo dynasty (918−1392). --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018. page number: url: 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 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 Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003. page number: url: Kim, Eun-ae. "A Study of Repoussé Works of Goryeo [고려시대 타출 공예 연구]." Misulsahak yeogu (2007): 31-72. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00997073 Kim, Ri-na. Korean Buddhist Art [한국불교미술사]. Seoul: Mijinsa, 2011. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.121/1998.121_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.121/1998.121_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.121/1998.121_full.tif