Alms Bowl with Celestial Design
early 1900s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Alms Bowl with Celestial Design, early 1900s. Korea. Bronze with incised decoration; overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.); diameter of mouth: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1986.94 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze with incised decoration
- Medium
- bronze, incised, decoration
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.); Diameter of mouth: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1986.94
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review for 1986
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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