East Asian Art Heart Sutra Made in Korea, Asia2001 Yoon Kwang-cho, Korean, born 1946 Stoneware with white slip and incised decoration Currently not on view 2003-177-1 Purchased with the Hollis Fund for East Asian Art Acquisitions, 2003 |
LabelIn the mid-1990s, Yoon Kwang-cho extended his interest in Buddhism to the time-honored practice of copying the Heart Sutra. Worshipers in China, Korea, and Japan copy this popular Buddhist text many times in their lives to accrue merit for the next existence. The artist has here transcribed the complete sutra onto the surface of this large vessel, using a nail to incise each character into the semidried clay. |
