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Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika)

청동 정병 (靑銅淨甁)

1100s
(918–1392)
bronze
Overall: 39.5 cm (15 9/16 in.)
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of David S. Utterberg 1991.58
Location: 236 Korean
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This distinctively shaped vessel is called a kundika in Sanskrit, simply referring to a water bottle.

Description

Known as kundika in Sanskrit, this distinctively shaped vessel served to purify a sacred space and to invoke a deity. In Korean Buddhist art, it appears primarily as an attribute of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Gwaneum in Korean). By the 1100s, however, the kundika was used as aristocrats’ fancy water container for everyday use.
Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika)

Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika)

1100s

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

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