Korean bronze chongbyong or kundika

An image of Oriental bronzes. Chongbyong/kundika. Unknown maker, Korea.
The long neck of the kundika flares out in the middle and terminates in a narrow faceted tube. The rounded body tapers towards the splayed foot. A well-proportioned filling spout is attached at the widest part of the vessel and has a flat hinged cover. The plain surface is patinated in places. Bronze, raised, with patination in places, height, whole, 41.2 cm, diameter, rim, 1.2 cm, diameter, foot, 9.8 cm, circa 1101-1200. Koryo Dynasty. Collection: Gompertz Collection. Notes: The kundika (chongbyong) was used as a pure-water sprinkler in Buddhist ceremonies. Some bronze examples are decorated with inlaid silver and similar vessels also exist in celadon (C.55-1984).

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Oriental bronzes. Chongbyong/kundika. Unknown maker, Korea. The long neck of the kundika flares out in the middle and terminates in a narrow faceted tube. The rounded body tapers towards the splayed foot. A well-proportioned filling spout is attached at the widest part of the vessel and has a flat hinged cover. The plain surface is patinated in places. Bronze, raised, with patination in places, height, whole, 41.2 cm, diameter, rim, 1.2 cm, diameter, foot, 9.8 cm, circa 1101-1200. Koryo Dynasty. Collection: Gompertz Collection. Notes: The kundika (chongbyong) was used as a pure-water sprinkler in Buddhist ceremonies. Some bronze examples are decorated with inlaid silver and similar vessels also exist in celadon (C.55-1984).

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Accession Number: O.2-1984
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Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 723 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 353.82kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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12th Century AD bottle bronze Buddhism Buddhist Chongbyon Fitz_AA green Korean Koryo Dynasty kundika patina patinated patination pouring ritual pouring spout spouted sprinkler bottle vessel water container water sprinkler

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