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Alms Bowl with Celestial Design

Alms Bowl with Celestial Design

early 1900s
bronze with incised decoration
Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.); Diameter of mouth: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1986.94
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The images of the seven bright stars that form the Big Dipper, the sun, and the moon are incised on the surface of this bronze bowl.

Description

This alms bowl engraved with an image of the sun, the moon, and the Big Dipper is believed to be used in shamanic rituals.
  • ?–1986
    (Gatodo Gallery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1986–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • “Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 1987.” Archives of Asian Art 41 (1988): 95–110. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 98, fig. 11 www.jstor.org
    An, Gui-sook. Korean Bronze Artisans [유기장]. Seoul: Hwasan munhwa, 2002.
    Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
    Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
    Nelson, Sarah. Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla. Routledge, 2019.
    Ch'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. 133, no. 95
  • Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).
  • {{cite web|title=Alms Bowl with Celestial Design|url=false|author=|year=early 1900s|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.94