id:			103727
accession number:	1921.667
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.667
updated:		2023-08-23 18:53:42.240000

Spoon with Fish-Tail Design, 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Bronze; overall: 28.4 cm (11 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance 1921.667

title:				Spoon with Fish-Tail Design
title in original language:	연미형 청동 수저 (魚尾形靑銅匙)
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creation date:			918–1392
creation date earliest:		918
creation date latest:		1392
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creditline:			Gift of John L. Severance
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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: 28.4 cm (11 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Dr. Alfred Irving Ludlow [1875–1961], Cleveland, OH,  sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1921
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1921–
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fun fact:
Bronze spoons are the most common burial item. Scholars have proposed that toward the end of the 14th century, Koreans enjoyed meat-based soups more than any other dishes, explaining why spoons became common household items as well as burial goods.

digital description:
Many of Goryeo period spoons like this one feature a curved handle that splits into a jagged fishtail design. This fishtail design is not unique to Korea; it was also widely used in the area under the rule of two non-Han Chinese states: Liao (907–1125) and Jin (1115–1234). These seemingly ordinary objects testify to exciting material interactions between the Goryeo dynasty and non-Han Chinese northern states, which were often omitted from the official records.

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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)." <em>Ars Orientalis</em>, no. 44 (2014): 156–179.
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	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/43489802

	Yun, Seong-jae. “The Special Meanings of Spoons and Chopsticks in the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 분묘출토 청동수저].” <em>Yeoksa wa silhak</em> (2015): 51–68.
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	url:		https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE06339542

	<em>Bronze in Life and Art</em> [삶과 예술 속. 청동 靑銅 이야기]. Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do: National Cheongju Museum, 2016.
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	Jeong, Eui-do. Changes of Spoons during the Late Goryeo Period [고려후기 숟가락의 변화].” <em>Hanguk jungse gogohak</em> (2017): 139–157.
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	url:		https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE07262104

	<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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	McCormick, Sooa. "North of the Border: A preview of the Korean gallery's new display, coming in January.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 58, no. 6 (November/December 2018): 16–17.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 17; Mentioned: pp. 16, 17.
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	Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 98
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