id: 97448 accession number: 1917.1022 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1022 updated: Belt Buckle, 1100s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Bronze gilt; overall: 4.8 x 5.5 cm (1 7/8 x 2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.1022 title: Belt Buckle title in original language: 금동 허리띠 고리 (金銅製鉸具) series: series in original language: creation date: 1100s creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1199 current location: creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: bronze gilt department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 4.8 x 5.5 cm (1 7/8 x 2 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The Japanese antique dealer Yamanaka & Company, which opened its branches in New York (1895) and Boston (1899), sold small Korean archaeological materials such as this belt buckle to American collectors in the early 20th century. digital description: Metallurgy advanced remarkably in the Goryeo period (918-1392), explaining why a large quantity of sophisticated metal artifacts with delicate designs were used not only as daily accessories but also as burial goods. Belt buckles like this one were attached to leather belts. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Choi, Eung-chon. “Metal Arts in the Late Goryeo Period [고려후기의 금속공예].” Kangjwa misulsa (2004): 125-156. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09054886 Choi, Eung-chon. “Craftsmen in Metal Arts in the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 金屬工藝의 匠人].” Misulsahak yeongu (2004): 171-192. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00996932 Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003. page number: url: Kim, Jae-yul. "Review on Burial Aspect of Belt Ornaments excavated from Tombs in Gyeongju during the Epoch of the Three Kingdoms [삼국시대 경주지역 고분 출토 대금구의 부장양상 검토]." Sillasahakpo 32 (December 2014): 263-305. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE06 294254 Bronze in Life and Art [삶과 예술 속. 청동 靑銅 이야기] National Cheongju Museum (2016). page number: url: Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.1022/1917.1022_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.1022/1917.1022_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.1022/1917.1022_full.tif