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Vase
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Various objects such as this miniature metal vessel were the most common burial objects in tombs during the Goryeo period (918–1392). Furnishing tombs with an elaborate assemblage of objects was believed to honor and comfort the newly dead.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineVase (청동병 [靑銅甁]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; outer diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.); overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1917.1049
