IDENTIFIERS
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id:	16573
accession number:	O.4-1984

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 3 March 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Bronze. The long curved handle of this petal-shaped spoon has a swallow-tail terminal. The handle is marked with raised lines like sections of a bamboo stem, and widens slightly near the tail end. The metal is very thin and has a brownish-black patina.
title:	spoon

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before donor


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Gompertz Collection
creditline: Gompertz Gift

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16573





TECHNIQUES
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bronze with brownish-black patina
patinating

CATEGORIES
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category: metalwork
category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1100 - 1300
creation date earliest:	1100
creation date latest:	1300
culture:	Koryo Dynasty
culture:	12th Century
culture:	13th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 32.5



CITATIONS
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Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum, A Complete Catalogue
Korean Days - Korean Art in Europe
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