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Water Ewer for Rituals with Incised Parrot Design (lid)
1100s
Location: 236 Korean
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This distinctively shaped vessel is called a kundika in Sanskrit, simply referring to a water bottle.Description
This distinctively shaped celadon vessel is a kundika. With a spout on one side, this type of vessel is often used in Buddhist purification rituals. Unlike most existing examples that have an image of a willow tree, this work has a rare flying phoenix design incised on its surface.- ?–1921(Dr. Alfred Irving Ludlow [1875–1961], Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1921–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 134-135, no. 137Itō, Ikutarō, and Judith G. Smith. Korean Ceramics: From the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. Reproduced: p. 55, no. 5Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 71-72, no. 65Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 249Honolulu Museum of Art. Splendor and Serenity: Korean ceramics from the Honolulu Museum of Art. Honolulu, HI: Honolulu Museum of Art, 2015. Reproduced: p. 52, no. 31Cho, Chi-yun, Ch'oe Ŭng-ch'ŏn, and Leeum, Samsŏng Misulgwan. Semil Kagwi: Han'guk Misul ŭi P'umkyŏk = Exquisite and Precious: The Splendor of Korean Art. Sŏul: Samsŏng Misulgwan Leeum, 2015. Reproduced: p. 173, no. 91, Mentioned: p. 400Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan (Korea). Miguk, Han'guk misul ŭl mannada = Korean art from the United States. Sŏul T’ŭkpyŏlsi : Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan, 2012. Reproduced: cat. no. 3, pp. 18-19Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 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. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 33, fig. 31, P. 54-55
- Ink, Paper, and Brush - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 24, 2019-January 26, 2020).Korean Art from the United States. National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) (organizer) (June 4-August 5, 2012).The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).Object in Focus: Kundika. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 14, 2003).
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