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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Korean Creator Dates/Places: Korea Creator Active Place: Korea Creator Name-CRT: Korea, Koryo Period Title: Basin Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1200 Creation End Date: 1299 Creation Date: 13th century Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Classification Term: Metalwork Materials and Techniques: cast bronze with inlaid silver inscriptions, floral decor, and figural designs Dimensions: Overall: 17cm, Diameter of rim: 28.3cm AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1985.112 Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html 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. AMICA ID: CMA_.1985.112 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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