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Spoon
The collection record classifies this work as metalwork. It is dated 918–1392. Recorded culture or place: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392).
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- Museum title
- Spoon
- Date
- 918–1392
- Culture / origin
- Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
- Materials and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1918.538
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Celadons, spoons, seals, and bronze mirrors were the most common burial objects in tombs during the Goryeo period (918–1392). Furnishing tombs with an elaborate assemblage of objects was believed to honor and comfort the newly dead. Generally, Goryeo tombs were left untouched until the late 1800s. During the colonial period (1910–45), however, Japanese archaeologists hastily excavated the tombs located in Kaeseong, the former capital of the Goryeo period. Scholars recently have proposed that toward the end of the 14th century, Koreans enjoyed meat-based soups more than any other dishes, explaining why many more spoons than chopsticks were buried in tombs.
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