The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Ring
918–1392
(918–1392)
Outer diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The Japanese antique dealer Yamanaka & Company, which opened its branches in New York (1895) and Boston (1899), sold small Korean archaeological materials such as this bronze ring to American collectors in the early 20th century.Description
Both everyday objects and ornaments such as this ring were standard burial goods for the period. Furnishing tombs with an elaborate assemblage of objects was believed to honor and comfort the newly dead. Generally, Goryeo tombs were left untouched until the late 19th century. During the colonial period (1910–45), however, Japanese archaeologists aggressively excavated the tombs located in Kaeseong, the former capital of the Goryeo period. It's highly possibly this bronze ring came from one of those excavated tomb sites.- Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.Kim, Moon-ja. "A Study on the Ornaments in Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대장신구에대한연구]." Journal of Korean Traditional Costume 15, vol. 3 (December 2012). www.dbpia.co.krGoryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1917.1042