Buddhist Sutra Container
1100s-1200s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Buddhist Sutra Container, 1100s-1200s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Gilt silver with incised Buddhist designs; overall: 9.5 x 6 x 2.3 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mitsuru Tajima 1998.122 This container was designed to hold a portable Buddhist sacred text.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- gilt silver with incised Buddhist designs
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9.5 x 6 x 2.3 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1998.122
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mitsuru Tajima
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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