
Collection Online as of February 1, 2023
Bronze gilt
Overall: 7.5 x 5.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.1026
not on view
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.