Nail Cover (918–1392): Art, History and Details

Nail Cover (918–1392) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the 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.

Object facts

• Title: Nail Cover
• Date: 918–1392
• Culture: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
• Type: Metalwork
• Technique: bronze gilt
• Dimensions: Overall: 3 x 3.3 x 0.6 cm (1 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 1/4 in.)
• Collection: Korean Art
• Department: Korean Art
• Accession number: 1917.1051.3

Collection credit

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

Further reading listed by the museum

• Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
• Kim, Jae-yul. "Review on Burial Aspect of Belt Ornaments excavated from Tombs in Gyeongju during the Epoch of the Three Kingdoms [삼국시대 경주지역 고분 출토 대금구의 부장양상 검토]." Sillasahakpo 32 (December 2014): 263-305.
• Kim, Kyuho. “Samgukshidae kobun ch'ult'o kŭm, ŭn, kŭmdong chep'umŭi t'ŭksŏng koch'al [삼국시대고분출토금, 은, 금동제품의특성고찰].” Samguk sidae kukka ŭi sŏngjang kwa mulchil munhwa [삼국시대국가의성장과물질문화]. Sŏngnam: Han'gukhak Chungang Yŏn'guwŏn Ch'ulp'anbu, 2015: 234-247.

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