The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Chopstick
918–1392
(918–1392)
Overall: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
In contrast to the Chinese and Japanese, Koreans still prefer metal chopsticks (stainless steel and brass) to wooden ones.Description
In Korea, chopsticks made of metal such as brass, silver, and gold were excavated from ancient tombs and ruins dated to the 6th century at the earliest. Burial goods often include utilitarian objects such as table wares and utensils because the dead were believed to need them in the afterlife.- Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.Horlyck, Charlotte. "The Eternal Link: Grave Goods of the Koryŏ Kingdom (918-1392 CE)." Ars Orientalis 44 (2014): 156-79. www.jstor.orgBronze in Life and Art [삶과 예술 속. 청동 靑銅 이야기] National Cheongju Museum (2016).Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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