Belt Buckle
1100–1299
- Medium
- bronze gilt
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.5 x 5.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
- Genre
- Metalwork
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
About
Metallurgy advanced remarkably in the Goryeo period (918-1392), explaining why a large quantity of sophisticated metal artifacts with delicate designs were used not only as daily accessories but also as burial goods. Belt buckles like this one gilded with gold were fixed to leather belts.