id:			97471
accession number:	1917.1042
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1042
updated:		2023-08-23 18:17:47.175000

Ring, 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Bronze gilt; outer diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.1042

title:				Ring
title in original language:	금동 반지 (金銅斑指)
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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 gilt
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Outer diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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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 bronze ring to American collectors in the early 20th century.

digital description:
Both everyday objects and ornaments such as this ring were standard burial goods for the period. 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 aggressively excavated the tombs located in Kaeseong, the former capital of the Goryeo period. It's highly possibly this bronze ring came from one of those excavated tomb sites.

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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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	Kim, Moon-ja. "A Study on the Ornaments in Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대장신구에대한연구]." <em>Journal of Korean Traditional Costume</em> 15, vol. 3 (December 2012).
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	url:		https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE02065534

	<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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