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Spoon with Dual Heads

Spoon with Dual Heads

918–1392

Overall: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)
General Income Fund 1917.332
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

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.

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.
  • L.W. "Korean Bronze Spoons of the Korai Dynasty." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 4, no. 6 (August 1917): 99-101. Reproduced: p. 98, 101 25136106
    Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn'guso (Korea), and Philadelphia Museum of Art. Miguk P'illadelp'ia Misulgwan sojang Han'guk munhwajae = Korean art collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, U.S.A. Taejŏn Kwangyŏksi: Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn'guso, 2008. Reproduced: p. 169-174, no. 197-208, Mentioned: p. 298
    Kungnip Cheju Pangmulgwan, and Kungnip Ch'ŏngju Pangmulgwan (Korea). Kŭmsok kongye e kittŭn Koryŏin ŭi sam = The spirit of Goryeo in metalcrafts. Sŏul: Piei Tijain parhaeng, 2011. Reproduced: p. 29, no. 16-17, Mentioned: p.97
    Horlyck Charlotte. "The Eternal Link: Grave Goods of the Koryŏ Kingdom (918-1392 CE)." Ars Orientalis, no. 44 (2014): 156-79. Reproduced: p. 167, no. 8-9, Mentioned: p. 167-171 www.jstor.org
    Chŏng, Ŭi-do. Han'guk kodae sutkarak yŏn'gu = Les cuillers en bronze de la Corée ancienne. Sŏul: Kyŏngin Munhwasa, 2014.
    Yoon, Sung-Jae. "The aspects and meaning of spoon and chopsticks in Koryo Dynasty." The Journal of History and Practical Thought Studies 56 (April 2015): 51-68. Reproduced: p. 6, no. 3; p. 7, no. 4, Mentioned: 1-18
    Sin, Myŏng-hŭi, and Kwang-sŏp Kim. Sam kwa yesul sok ch'ŏngdong iyagi = Bronze in life and art. Ch’ungch’ŏng-bukto Ch’ŏngju-si: Kungnip Ch’ŏngju Pangmulgwan, 2016. Reproduced: p. 133-135, no. 94-96
    McCormick, Sooa Im. "The Past and Present of the Korean Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art." In The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, 국외소재문화재재단, and An Min-hŭi, ed., 22-37. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 25, fig. 12, P. 99
  • Mountains and Rivers Beyond the DMZ – Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 21-July 21, 2019).
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