id:			97690
accession number:	1917.333
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.333
updated:		2019-07-23 08:00:05.552000

Spoon with Dual Heads, 918-1392. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund 1917.333

title:				Spoon with Dual Heads
title in original language:	약시형 청동 수저 (藥匙形靑銅匙)
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creation date:			918-1392
creation date earliest:		918
creation date latest:		1392
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creditline:			General Income Fund
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culture:	Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392)
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department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		"Mountains and Rivers Beyond the DMZ" – Korean Gallery 236 Rotation - January-July 2019
	opening date:   2019-01-23T05:00:00
	<i>"Mountains and Rivers Beyond the DMZ" – Korean Gallery 236 Rotation - January-July 2019</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 21-July 21, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
This bronze spoon has dual heads: one is large, and the other small. The smaller head is believed to have been used to hold a small dose of liquid medicine.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	L.W. "Korean Bronze Spoons of the Korai Dynasty." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 4, no. 6 (August 1917): 99-101.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 98, 101
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25136106

	Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn'guso (Korea), and Philadelphia Museum of Art.<em> Miguk P'illadelp'ia Misulgwan sojang Han'guk munhwajae = Korean art collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, U.S.A. </em>Taejŏn Kwangyŏksi: Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn'guso, 2008.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 169-174, no. 197-208, Mentioned: p. 298
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	Kungnip Cheju Pangmulgwan, and Kungnip Ch'ŏngju Pangmulgwan (Korea).<em> Kŭmsok kongye e kittŭn Koryŏin ŭi sam = The spirit of Goryeo in metalcrafts</em>. Sŏul: Piei Tijain parhaeng, 2011.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 29, no. 16-17, Mentioned: p.97
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	Chŏng, Ŭi-do. <em>Han'guk kodae sutkarak yŏn'gu = Les cuillers en bronze de la Corée ancienne. </em>Sŏul: Kyŏngin Munhwasa, 2014.
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	Yoon, Sung-Jae. "The aspects and meaning of spoon and chopsticks in Koryo Dynasty."<em> The Journal of History and Practical Thought Studies</em> 56 (April 2015): 51-68.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 6, no. 3; p. 7, no. 4,  Mentioned: 1-18
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	Sin, Myŏng-hŭi, and Kwang-sŏp Kim. <em>Sam kwa yesul sok ch'ŏngdong iyagi = Bronze in life and art.</em> Ch’ungch’ŏng-bukto Ch’ŏngju-si: Kungnip Ch’ŏngju Pangmulgwan, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 133-135, no. 94-96
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	Horlyck Charlotte.  "The Eternal Link: Grave Goods of the Koryŏ Kingdom (918-1392 CE)." <em>Ars Orientalis</em>, no. 44 (2014): 156-79.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 167, no. 8-9, Mentioned: p. 167-171
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/43489802

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