Accession Number
2004/1.306.1

Title
Brass Serving Spoon (one of a pair)

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
early 20th century

Medium & Support
brass

Dimensions
8 in. (20.2 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam

Physical Description
Brass is an alloy of copper and tin. Brassware objects generally include ritual bowls, tableware for aristocrats, incense burners, braziers, and spoons. The UMMA collection does not include a complete set of dining or ritual implements but individual items including four water bowls (daejeop ), five rice bowls (jubal ), seven kimchi bowls (bosigi ), six side-dish bowls (jaengcheop ), one sauce dish (jongji ), and four spoons. It is assumed that these items were produced during the modern era. All of them were formerly part of the Bruce Hasenkamp collection.

[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017), 248]

 

Primary Object Classification
Metalwork

Primary Object Type
spoon

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
brass (alloy)
kitchenware
metal
spoons
utensils