COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
mediaCollectionId
AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1985.112
amicoid
CMA_.1985.112
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
aly
1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
oty
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Korean
crc
Asian; Far East Asian; Korean
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Korea
cdt
Korea
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Korea, Koryo Period
crt
Korea, Koryo Period
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Basin
otn
Basin
Title
false
Title Type:
Primary
ott
Primary
Title Type
false
View:
Full View
rid
Full View
View
false
Creation Date:
13th Century
oct
13th Century
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1200
ocs
1200
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1299
oce
1299
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
cast bronze with inlaid silver inscriptions, floral decor, and figural designs
omd
cast bronze with inlaid silver inscriptions, floral decor, and figural designs
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Metalwork
clt
Metalwork
Classification Term
false
Classification Term:
Metalwork
clt
Metalwork
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
Overall: 17cm, Diameter of rim: 28.3cm
met
Overall: 17cm, Diameter of rim: 28.3cm
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
oon
The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
oop
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1985.112
ooa
1985.112
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
ooc
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Credit Line
false
Rights:
orl
<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
The designs encircling the surface of this vessel are inlaid in silver. This technique of cutting designs into a form and then filling it with a contrasting material to create a lively surface pattern was popular during the Koryo period and attained a high level of sophistication not only in metalwork but also in the ceramic art of Koryo celadons. After this vessel, probably an incense burner, was cast, it was turned on a lathe to finish the surface and make subtle adjustments in the shape. Then the roundels with poems, arabesques with central figures of children, and upper and lower border designs were chiseled into the hard metal surface. Next, strands of thin silver wire were carefully hammered into these recesses, providing the overall linear decor.The result is a surface design combining the decorative with the instructive: the four-line poems in the three roundels carry a Buddhist message. The form of this vessel is rare. Most Korean incense burners have wide flaring rims and sit on high pedestals. The plain foot of this basin contains an important inscription incised into its surface that names a monk-priest and the temple to which this vessel was donated. The two loop handles are Japanese additions applied when the vessel was later adapted for use in the tea ceremony. The military ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536?1598) ordered a Japanese invasion of the Korean peninsula in 1592 that wrought destruction throughout the country for a half-dozen years. Virtually all the country's Buddhist monasterieswere looted and destroyed. Large numbers of cultural artifacts were also brought back to Japan, especially ceramics and Buddhist objects that were genuinely esteemed by the Japanese. In time these Korean treasures became part of Japan's cultural fabric, both as individual art objects and as catalysts for aesthetic appreciation in Japanese society. M.R.C.
cxd
The designs encircling the surface of this vessel are inlaid in silver. This technique of cutting designs into a form and then filling it with a contrasting material to create a lively surface pattern was popular during the Koryo period and attained a high level of sophistication not only in metalwork but also in the ceramic art of Koryo celadons. After this vessel, probably an incense burner, was cast, it was turned on a lathe to finish the surface and make subtle adjustments in the shape. Then the roundels with poems, arabesques with central figures of children, and upper and lower border designs were chiseled into the hard metal surface. Next, strands of thin silver wire were carefully hammered into these recesses, providing the overall linear decor.The result is a surface design combining the decorative with the instructive: the four-line poems in the three roundels carry a Buddhist message. The form of this vessel is rare. Most Korean incense burners have wide flaring rims and sit on high pedestals. The plain foot of this basin contains an important inscription incised into its surface that names a monk-priest and the temple to which this vessel was donated. The two loop handles are Japanese additions applied when the vessel was later adapted for use in the tea ceremony. The military ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536?1598) ordered a Japanese invasion of the Korean peninsula in 1592 that wrought destruction throughout the country for a half-dozen years. Virtually all the country's Buddhist monasterieswere looted and destroyed. Large numbers of cultural artifacts were also brought back to Japan, especially ceramics and Buddhist objects that were genuinely esteemed by the Japanese. In time these Korean treasures became part of Japan's cultural fabric, both as individual art objects and as catalysts for aesthetic appreciation in Japanese society. M.R.C.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1985.112.tif
ril
CMA_.1985.112.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false