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Basin with Inscribed Figures and Calligraphy

청동 은입사 호 [靑銅銀入絲兩耳壺]

1100s–1200s

Korea, Goryeo dynasty

(918–1392)
Medium
bronze
Measurements
Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); Diameter of mouth with rim: 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1985.112
Public Domain
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A child, one of the main decorative elements for this basin, is possibly a young Buddhist pilgrim named Sudhana, who took a long spiritual journey to search for enlightenment.

Description

This bronze basin may have been used for containing purified water. What makes this work charming is its intricate decoration done in silver inlay: the five-character, four-line poems interspersed among images of a child. The poems, which evoke the concept of nonattachment and nonduality, were written by Buddhist monks.
A shiny round bronze bowl features two small handles. Across the surface of the bowl are silver inlay script and depictions of a child.

Basin with Inscribed Figures and Calligraphy

1100s–1200s

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

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