id: 160210 accession number: 1998.122 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.122 updated: 2020-11-04 21:46:16.234000 Buddhist Sutra Container, 1100s-1200s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Gilt silver with incised Buddhist designs; overall: 9.5 x 6 x 2.3 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mitsuru Tajima 1998.122 title: Buddhist Sutra Container title in original language: 은제불경상자 (銀製佛經匣) series: series in original language: creation date: 1100s-1200s creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1299 current location: creditline: Gift of Mitsuru Tajima copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: gilt silver with incised Buddhist designs department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 9.5 x 6 x 2.3 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: This container was designed to hold a portable Buddhist sacred text. digital description: wall description: This container was designed to hold sutras, or Buddhist sacred texts. The Four Heavenly Kings, one for each of the cardinal directions, are incised on the exterior of the container. Images of the Four Heavenly Kings can often be found on Korean containers for sacred relics and sutras, and are symbolic of the wish to preserve the Buddha’s teachings. --- 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/1998.122/1998.122_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.122/1998.122_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.122/1998.122_full.tif