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Sutra Container
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About this work
This is a portable container once used to preserve a miniature Buddhist sacred text. Created by hammering the reverse, high-relief designs on both the front and back of the case depict a peaceful pond where young boys are holding giant lotus flowers in their hands, and a pair of mandarin ducks are swimming. Probably the playful boys represent newly reborn souls in the Pure Land.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSutra Container (금동 동자유희무늬 불경상자 [金銅童子遊戱文佛經匣]), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Gilt bronze with incised and high relief decoration; overall: 10.2 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm (4 x 2 9/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mitsuru Tajima, 1998.121
