id:			97458
accession number:	1917.1032
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1032
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:19.484000

A Pair of Chopsticks, 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Bronze; overall: 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.1032

title:				A Pair of Chopsticks
title in original language:	청동 젓가락 (靑銅箸)
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creation date:			918–1392
creation date earliest:		918
creation date latest:		1392
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392)
technique:	bronze
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
In contrast to the Chinese and Japanese, Koreans still prefer metal chopsticks (stainless steel and brass) to wooden ones.

digital description:
In Korea, chopsticks made of metal such as brass, silver, and gold were excavated from ancient tombs and ruins dated to the 6th century at the earliest. Burial goods often include utilitarian objects such as table wares and utensils because the dead were believed to need them in the afterlife.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
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	Horlyck, Charlotte. "The Eternal Link: Grave Goods of the Koryŏ Kingdom (918-1392 CE)." Ars Orientalis 44 (2014): 156-79.
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	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/43489802

	<em>Bronze in Life and Art</em> [삶과 예술 속. 청동 靑銅 이야기] National Cheongju Museum (2016).
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	<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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