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Vase
Vase
청동병 (靑銅甁)
918–1392
Korea, Goryeo period
(918-1392)
Bronze
Outer diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.); Overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.1049
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This miniature bronze vase may have been made exclusively as a tomb object.
Description
Various objects such as this miniature metal vessel were the most common burial objects in tombs during the Goryeo period (918–1392). Furnishing tombs with an elaborate assemblage of objects was believed to honor and comfort the newly dead.
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