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Spoon

Spoon

  • Place of origin:

    Korea (made)

  • Date:

    918-1392 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Bronze

  • Museum number:

    M.314-1921

  • Gallery location:

    Korea, room 47g, case 10

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This spoon's curved handle and oval bowl typifies Koryo period (918-1392) bronzeware design. The handles on earlier Koryo spoons such as this are shorter and have a gentler curve than their mid-Koryo counterparts. It is therefore likely that this spoon dates to the 10th to 11th century. During the Koryo period bronze spoons were frequently used a burial objects, this being a custom which had been practiced from as early as the Three Kingdoms period (57 BC - AD 668). Metal spoons and chopsticks are still used in Korea today for eating.

Physical description

The spoon has a shallow, pointed oval bowl and a thin curved handle ending in a spatula. The handle has moulded decoration near the end.

Place of Origin

Korea (made)

Date

918-1392 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Bronze

Dimensions

Length: 26 cm

Descriptive line

Spoon, bronze, Korea, Koryo dynasty (918-1392)

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Beth McKillop.Korean Art and Design.London: V&A,1992.48.

Categories

Metalwork; Tableware and cutlery

Collection code

EAS

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