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Spoon
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Celadons, spoons, seals, and bronze mirrors 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. Generally, Goryeo tombs were left untouched until the late 19th century. During the colonial period (1910–45), however, Japanese archaeologists hastily excavated the tombs located in Kaeseong, the former capital of the Goryeo period.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSpoon (청동 수저 [靑銅匙]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). overall: 29.7 cm (11 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1917.331
