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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 period

(918-1392)

Bronze

Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); Diameter of mouth with rim: 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1985.112

Location

236 Korean

Description

Silver inlay became very popular during the Goryeo period. This example shows rare decorative motifs, including roundels containing four-line poems interspersed among images of a child holding a flower.

Citations
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. 233
Lee, Young-hee. "The Study on the Craft technique of Koryo Dynasty-Centering on Interrelation." Reviews on the Art History 22 (Aug., 2004): 133-170. www.dbpia.co.kr
Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan (Korea). Miguk, Han'guk misul ŭl mannada = Korean art from the United States. Sŏul: Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan, 2012. Reproduced: p. 166, no. 71
Cho, Chi-yun, Yi Sŭnghye, 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. 66, no. 20, Mentioned: p. 362
Exhibition history

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119); July 16 - October 28, 2003.

National Museum of Korea, Seoul (6/4/2012 - 8/5/2012): "Korean Art Collections in the United States", ex. cat. no. 71, p. 166-167.

The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).

Scholar's Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 26-December 31, 1989).

Korean Art from the United States. National Museum of Korea (organizer) (June 4-August 5, 2012).

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