Seoksudong Rock Carvings: Monk Striking a Bell
Stone
Seoksudong Rock Carvings: Monk Striking a Bell (detail)
Stone
Seoksudong Rock Carvings: Monk Striking a Bell
SOUTH KOREA, Gyeonggi, Anyang; Goryeo dynasty
Carved between the late Silla (57 BCE–935) and early Goryeo (918–1392) dynasties, this is the only relief in Korea that illustrates a monk striking a bell. It depicts a monk dressed in a monastic robe, and holding a heavy wooden log with which to strike the patterned bell. The bell is suspended by a chain from a rectangular wooden frame. The carving reflects a sense of the bell’s great mass and the stability of the wooden structure. It is listed as Provincial Tangible Cultural Property No. 92.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, page 1357.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seoksudong Rock Carvings: Monk Striking a Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, vol. 8, 2016, pp. 1357.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Seoksudong Rock Carvings: Monk Striking a Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S, 8:1357.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Seoksudong Rock Carvings: Monk Striking a Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves Mo-S (Vol. 8, pp. 1357).
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