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Source Description
This bronze spoon has dual heads: one is large, and the other small. The smaller head is believed to have been used to hold a small dose of liquid medicine.
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97689
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Spoon with Dual Heads
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97689
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object
title
Spoon with Dual Heads
description
This bronze spoon has dual heads: one is large, and the other small. The smaller head is believed to have been used to hold a small dose of liquid medicine.
date
918–1392
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60778780
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Metalwork
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)
accession
1917.332
Source extras
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Spoon with Dual Heads (약시형 청동 수저 [藥匙形靑銅匙]), 918–1392. overall: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1917.332
titleInOriginalLanguage
약시형 청동 수저 [藥匙形靑銅匙]
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
Bronze spoons are the most common burial item. Scholars have proposed that toward the end of the 14th century, Koreans enjoyed meat-based soups more than any other dishes, explaining why spoons became common household items as well as burial goods.
citations
citation
L.W. "Korean Bronze Spoons of the Korai Dynasty." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 4, no. 6 (August 1917): 99-101.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 98, 101
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25136106
citation
Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn'guso (Korea), and Philadelphia Museum of Art.<em> Miguk P'illadelp'ia Misulgwan sojang Han'guk munhwajae = Korean art collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, U.S.A. </em>Taejŏn Kwangyŏksi: Kungnip Munhwajae Yŏn'guso, 2008.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 169-174, no. 197-208, Mentioned: p. 298
citation
Kungnip Cheju Pangmulgwan, and Kungnip Ch'ŏngju Pangmulgwan (Korea).<em> Kŭmsok kongye e kittŭn Koryŏin ŭi sam = The spirit of Goryeo in metalcrafts</em>. Sŏul: Piei Tijain parhaeng, 2011.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 29, no. 16-17, Mentioned: p.97
citation
Horlyck Charlotte. "The Eternal Link: Grave Goods of the Koryŏ Kingdom (918-1392 CE)." <em>Ars Orientalis</em>, no. 44 (2014): 156-79.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 167, no. 8-9, Mentioned: p. 167-171
citation
Chŏng, Ŭi-do. <em>Han'guk kodae sutkarak yŏn'gu = Les cuillers en bronze de la Corée ancienne. </em>Sŏul: Kyŏngin Munhwasa, 2014.
citation
Yoon, Sung-Jae. "The aspects and meaning of spoon and chopsticks in Koryo Dynasty."<em> The Journal of History and Practical Thought Studies</em> 56 (April 2015): 51-68.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 6, no. 3; p. 7, no. 4, Mentioned: 1-18
citation
Sin, Myŏng-hŭi, and Kwang-sŏp Kim. <em>Sam kwa yesul sok ch'ŏngdong iyagi = Bronze in life and art.</em> Ch’ungch’ŏng-bukto Ch’ŏngju-si: Kungnip Ch’ŏngju Pangmulgwan, 2016.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 133-135, no. 94-96
citation
McCormick, Sooa Im. "The Past and Present of the Korean Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art." In <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, 국외소재문화재재단, and An Min-hŭi, ed., 22-37. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 25, fig. 12, P. 99
creditline
General Income Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:15:53.520000
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97689
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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