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Nail Cover
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About this work
Metallurgy advanced remarkably in the Goryeo period (918–1392), explaining why a large quantity of gilt-bronze artifacts were found in burial sites. This particular object was used to decorate a wooden coffin.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineNail Cover, 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze gilt; overall: 3 x 3.3 x 0.6 cm (1 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1917.1051.3
