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Bronze Ritual Bell

청동 범종 (靑銅梵鐘)

1200s

Korea, Goryeo period

(918-1392)

Cast bronze with incised inscription

Diameter: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); Overall: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1992.118

Location

236 Korean

Fun Fact

The inscription on this bell indicates it was cast in the year of the dragon and took three years to make.

Description

This miniature bell was once used as part of Buddhist indoor rituals. Likely suspended in a Buddhist temple, it features a cast dragon and a vertical tube to amplify the sound on top, and is decorated with Buddhist figures seated on lotuses. The echoing sound of the bell was thought to help Buddhist believers understand the significance of transience and impermanence; the sound instantly fades away as soon as one hears it. This sensory experience creates a striking conceptual parallel with Buddhist teachings, including the idea that all things and beings exist merely in our perception or imagination. An inscription indicates it was cast in the year of the dragon and took three years to make.

Provenance

Roger Chambard, Paris

Citations

Turner, Evan H., "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38-77. Reproduced: p.45, fig.414 www.jstor.org

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Michael R. Cunningham. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art; New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998. Reproduced: p. 235

Kim, Kumja Paik. Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco, CA: Asian Art Museum, 2003. Reproduced: p. 188, no. 56; p. 191, no. 57, Mentioned: p. 168

Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, and Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn'guso (Korea). Ogura K'ŏlleksyŏn Han'guk munhwajae: Ilbon Tokʹyo Kungnip Pangmulgwan sojang = Ogura Korekushon Kankoku bunkazai : Nihon Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan shozō. Taejŏn Kwangyŏksi: Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn'guso, 2005. Reproduced: p. 105, no. 613, Mentioned: 416

Kim, Eunae. "A Study of Repoussé Works of Goryeo [고려시대 타출 공예 연구]." Korean Journal of Art History (March 2007): 31-72. www.dbpia.co.kr

Kungnip Cheju Pangmulgwan, and Kungnip Ch'ŏngju Pangmulgwan (Korea). Kŭmsok kongye e kittŭn Koryŏin ŭi sam = The spirit of Goryeo in metalcrafts. Sŏul: Piei Tijain parhaeng, 2011. Reproduced: p. 46, no. 32; 33, Mentioned: p. 93

Kungnip Taegu Pangmulgwan. Daegu National Museum. Taegu: Daegu National Museum, 2012. Reproduced: p. 101, no. 96; p. 102, no. 97

Sin, Myŏng-hŭi, and Kwang-sŏp Kim. Sam kwa yesul sok ch'ŏngdong iyagi = Bronze in life and art. Ch’ungch’ŏng-bukto Ch’ŏngju-si: Kungnip Ch’ŏngju Pangmulgwan, 2016. Reproduced: p. 58, no. 49; p. 64, no. 50

Exhibition history

Seoul, Korean National Museum, July 1982-October 1984, (no. 1776.3-1149/2)

Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Korean Art: Images from the Land of the Morning Calm, October 23, 1990-January 13, 1991

Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993).

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Bronze Ritual Bell

청동 범종 (靑銅梵鐘)

Korea, Goryeo period

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