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Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Nail Cover

Nail Cover

918–1392
Overall: 3 x 3.3 x 0.6 cm (1 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 1/4 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This particular object was used to decorate a wooden coffin.

Description

Metallurgy advanced remarkably in the Goryeo period (918–1392), explaining why a large quantity of gilt-bronze artifacts were found in burial sites. This particular object was used to decorate a wooden coffin.
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    Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 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. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 112, no. 71
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1917.1051.3