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Alms Bowl with Celestial Design
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About this work
This alms bowl engraved with an image of the sun, the moon, and the Big Dipper is believed to be used in shamanic rituals.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineAlms Bowl with Celestial Design (일월칠성무늬 공양주발 [日月七星文空供養椀]), early 1900s. Korea. Bronze with incised decoration; overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.); diameter of mouth: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1986.94
