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Razor

Razor

918–1392
(918–1392)
bronze
Overall: 3.4 x 0.1 cm (1 5/16 x 1/16 in.)
General Income Fund 1918.535
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

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

Description

Metal objects such as this razor were used not only as daily accessories, but also as burial goods for commemorating the dead.
  • acquired by Langdon 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. 67
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1918.535