Water Ewer for Rituals with Incised Parrot Design
1100s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Water Ewer for Rituals with Incised Parrot Design, 1100s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Stoneware with celadon glaze, incised and carved decoration; overall: 36.2 x 14 cm (14 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance 1921.631.a 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. This distinctively shaped vessel is called a kundika in Sanskrit, simply referring to a water bottle.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- stoneware with celadon glaze, incised and carved decoration
- Dimensions
- Overall: 36.2 x 14 cm (14 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1921.631.a
- Credit Line
- Gift of John L. Severance
- Exhibitions
- Object in Focus: Kundika, The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art, Korean Art from the United States, Ink, Paper, and Brush - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 236 Korean
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