Widely regarded as one of the finest works of Goryeo metal craft, this Buddhist ritual vessel -- known in Sanskrit as kundika -- has an elegant body 37.5 centimeters high and elaborately decorated with floral bands around the neck and foot and an idyllic waterside landscape with a hill of reed and willow as well as several waterfowls, some floating on water and others flying in the air, and a man rowing a boat. The vessel is made of bronze, with the ornamentation done using the silver-inlaying technique. On the shoulder is a spout whose cover is decorated with engraved vine and lotus design; on the neck is its cover made of silver, also decorated with the engraving technique. The vessel is characterized by a stable body with fine curves and whose surface is elaborately decorated with the silver-inlaying technique, which saw great advancement during the Goryeo Period (918-1392). Goryeo artisans produced quite a few bronze kundikas with silver-inlaid ornamentation, but this is regarded as one of the best masterpieces among those that have survived.