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Ornament with Dragon Design
1100s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Metalworking techniques advanced remarkably during the Goryeo period (918–1392). Sophisticated metal objects with intricate designs were used not only as daily accessories, but also as burial goods for commemorating the dead. Traces of fibers found on the backs of these metal ornaments suggest that they were once used as brooches to hold garments together.
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Details
- Title: Ornament with Dragon Design
- Date Created: 1100s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 3.4 x 2.5 cm (1 5/16 x 1 in.)
- Provenance: (Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Metalwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1045
- Medium: bronze
- Fun Fact: This metal ornament is part of a decorative brooch once used to hold clothes together.
- Department: Korean Art
- Culture: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
- Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Collection: Korean Art
- Accession Number: 1917.1045
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