Ornament with Dragon Design
1100s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Ornament with Dragon Design, 1100s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Bronze; overall: 3.4 x 2.5 cm (1 5/16 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.1045 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. This metal ornament is part of a decorative brooch once used to hold clothes together.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 3.4 x 2.5 cm (1 5/16 x 1 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1917.1045
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- The Other Side of the Story - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation, Interpretation of Materiality: Gold (Korean art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 236 Korean
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