Knife Sheath
1100s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Knife Sheath, 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (936-1392). Gilt silver (body) and brass (trefoil-shaped ring); length: 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, J.H. Wade Trust Fund 2022.38 This 12th-century silver-gilt knife sheath is meant to be a pendent to a belt as a luxury ornament.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- Gilt silver (body) and brass (trefoil-shaped ring)
- Dimensions
- length: 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 2022.38
- Credit Line
- J.H. Wade Trust Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 236 Korean
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