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Razor

Razor

918–1392
(918–1392)
bronze
Overall: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
General Income Fund 1918.533
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This razor used for tonsure, a practice of shaving a monk's hair.

Description

Metalworking techniques advanced remarkably during the Goryeo period (918–1392). Metal objects such as this were used not only as daily accessories, but also as burial goods for commemorating the dead.
  • acquired by Lanagdon Warner in Korea.
  • Choi, Eung-chon. “Craftsmen in Metal Arts in the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 金屬工藝의 匠人].” Misulsahak yeongu (2004): 171-192. www.dbpia.co.kr
    Choi, Eung-chon. “Metal Arts in the Late Goryeo Period [고려후기의 금속공예].” Kangjwa misulsa (2004): 125-156. www.dbpia.co.kr
    Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
    Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
    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. 106, no. 66
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