18th Jan, 2024 11:00
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A BRONZE RITUAL WATER VESSEL, KUNDIKA, GORYEO DYNASTY
高麗王朝銅質淨瓶
Sold for €390
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Korea, 12th-13th century. Finely cast, the ovoid body set on the shoulder with a lobed spout and a cupped opening, surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck with flaring rim.
Provenance: Canadian trade.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, some losses, small nicks and cracks, all as expected from ancient bronzes. Superb, naturally grown patina with fine malachite encrustation.
Weight: 556.3 g
Dimensions: Height 18.3 cm
The long, slender neck and small spout on the broad shoulder are typical characteristics of Goryeo kundika. This type was popular during the Tang dynasty and continued to be used in the northern regions of China during the Northern Song and Liao dynasties. In Goryeo, bronze kundika were especially popular. The particularly thin and elongated profile of the kundika suggests a date of the 12th or 13th century.
Kundika is a Sanskrit term for a long-necked water-pouring vessel. Throughout Asia, these vessels were associated with wandering ascetics, who carried them like canteens. In ancient India, pouring water into the hands of another person was a way to express ‘your wish is granted’. Because of water’s association with wishes, purification, and nurturing, kundika often appear among the attributes of Buddhist deities such as the future Buddha Maitreya and the Bodhisattva Guanyin. In ritual, they are used to evoke those deities and to pour water for cleansing purposes.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related bronze kundika, 37.2 cm, Korea, 12th-13th century, in the Brooklyn Museum, accession number 74.27. Compare a related bronze kundika, 34.2 cm, Korea, Goryeo dynasty, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 23.115. Compare a related bronze kundika, 37.6 cm, Korea, Goryeo dynasty, in the Art Institute Chicago, reference number 1969.702. Compare a related bronze kundika, 38.1 cm, Korea, 13th-14th century, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), accession number M.2000.15.171.
高麗王朝銅質淨瓶
韓國，十二至十三世紀。本件圓形侈口帶唇稜，口部向下收斂，直長頸，肩上有一短流，圓口，圓肩，碩腹深長向下漸收斂。
來源：加拿大古玩交易。
品相：品相極好，大面積磨損、風化侵蝕痕跡、細小刻痕和裂紋。自然銅綉，精美的孔雀石綠色外殼。
重量：556.3 克
尺寸：高18.3 厘米
細長的頸部和寬肩上的小壺嘴是高麗淨水瓶的典型特徵。這種類型盛行於唐代，北宋、遼代在中國北方地區繼續使用。 在高麗，青銅淨水瓶特別受歡迎。該拍品薄胎，修長的輪廓，顯示了他的製作時間在十二至十三世紀。
Kundika 是梵文術語，指長頸注水器。在整個亞洲，這些器皿都與流浪的苦行者聯繫在一起，他們像攜帶水壺一樣攜帶它們。在古印度，將水倒在另一個人的手中是表達“你的願望得到滿足”的一種方式。由於水與願望、淨化和滋養聯繫在一起，昆迪卡經常出現在彌勒佛和觀世音菩薩等佛教本尊的法器中。在儀式上，它們被用來喚起那些神靈並倒水以進行清潔。
文獻比較：
比較一件相近的十二至十三世紀韓國銅質淨瓶，37.2 厘米，收藏於布魯克林博物館，館藏編號 74.27。比較一件相近韓國高麗銅質淨瓶，34.2 厘米，收藏於大都會美術館，館藏編號 23.115。比較一件相近的韓國高麗銅質淨瓶，37.6 厘米，收藏於芝加哥藝術學院，館藏編號 1969.702。比較一件相近十三至十四世紀韓國銅質淨瓶，38.1 厘米，洛杉磯郡立美術館，館藏編號 M.2000.15.171。
Korea, 12th-13th century. Finely cast, the ovoid body set on the shoulder with a lobed spout and a cupped opening, surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck with flaring rim.
Provenance: Canadian trade.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, some losses, small nicks and cracks, all as expected from ancient bronzes. Superb, naturally grown patina with fine malachite encrustation.
Weight: 556.3 g
Dimensions: Height 18.3 cm
The long, slender neck and small spout on the broad shoulder are typical characteristics of Goryeo kundika. This type was popular during the Tang dynasty and continued to be used in the northern regions of China during the Northern Song and Liao dynasties. In Goryeo, bronze kundika were especially popular. The particularly thin and elongated profile of the kundika suggests a date of the 12th or 13th century.
Kundika is a Sanskrit term for a long-necked water-pouring vessel. Throughout Asia, these vessels were associated with wandering ascetics, who carried them like canteens. In ancient India, pouring water into the hands of another person was a way to express ‘your wish is granted’. Because of water’s association with wishes, purification, and nurturing, kundika often appear among the attributes of Buddhist deities such as the future Buddha Maitreya and the Bodhisattva Guanyin. In ritual, they are used to evoke those deities and to pour water for cleansing purposes.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related bronze kundika, 37.2 cm, Korea, 12th-13th century, in the Brooklyn Museum, accession number 74.27. Compare a related bronze kundika, 34.2 cm, Korea, Goryeo dynasty, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 23.115. Compare a related bronze kundika, 37.6 cm, Korea, Goryeo dynasty, in the Art Institute Chicago, reference number 1969.702. Compare a related bronze kundika, 38.1 cm, Korea, 13th-14th century, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), accession number M.2000.15.171.
高麗王朝銅質淨瓶
韓國，十二至十三世紀。本件圓形侈口帶唇稜，口部向下收斂，直長頸，肩上有一短流，圓口，圓肩，碩腹深長向下漸收斂。
來源：加拿大古玩交易。
品相：品相極好，大面積磨損、風化侵蝕痕跡、細小刻痕和裂紋。自然銅綉，精美的孔雀石綠色外殼。
重量：556.3 克
尺寸：高18.3 厘米
細長的頸部和寬肩上的小壺嘴是高麗淨水瓶的典型特徵。這種類型盛行於唐代，北宋、遼代在中國北方地區繼續使用。 在高麗，青銅淨水瓶特別受歡迎。該拍品薄胎，修長的輪廓，顯示了他的製作時間在十二至十三世紀。
Kundika 是梵文術語，指長頸注水器。在整個亞洲，這些器皿都與流浪的苦行者聯繫在一起，他們像攜帶水壺一樣攜帶它們。在古印度，將水倒在另一個人的手中是表達“你的願望得到滿足”的一種方式。由於水與願望、淨化和滋養聯繫在一起，昆迪卡經常出現在彌勒佛和觀世音菩薩等佛教本尊的法器中。在儀式上，它們被用來喚起那些神靈並倒水以進行清潔。
文獻比較：
比較一件相近的十二至十三世紀韓國銅質淨瓶，37.2 厘米，收藏於布魯克林博物館，館藏編號 74.27。比較一件相近韓國高麗銅質淨瓶，34.2 厘米，收藏於大都會美術館，館藏編號 23.115。比較一件相近的韓國高麗銅質淨瓶，37.6 厘米，收藏於芝加哥藝術學院，館藏編號 1969.702。比較一件相近十三至十四世紀韓國銅質淨瓶，38.1 厘米，洛杉磯郡立美術館，館藏編號 M.2000.15.171。
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