Spoon
Unknown Artist
918–1392
Medium
silver bronze
Dimensions
l. 30.8 cm · head: w. 3.6 cm, l. 7.5 cm
Classification
Metalwork
Department
Korean Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
General Income Fund
Accession Number
1917.340
About this artwork
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 19th century. 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 t...