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Water sprinkler (chong-byong or kundika)

Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea

Water sprinkler (chong-byong or kundika)

late 11th-early 12th century

Bronze
height: 15 x 7 x 5 1/2in. (38.1 x 17.8 x 14cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
35.88
Provenance: Yamanaka, Kyoto, Japan; Seattle Art Museum, Fuller Collection, 1935
Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime, July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005

San Francisco, Col. Pol. Legion of Honor, Korean Arts, 1951
Published References"Korean Art Collection in the Seattle Art Museum, U.S.A." Tajaon Kwangyaoksi: Kungnip Munhwaja Yaonguso, 2015, pg. 117.

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