belt-fitting (마형대구 馬形帶鉤)

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belt-fitting(마형대구 馬形帶鉤)

Object Type
Museum number: 1945,1017.223
Description: Horse-shaped bronze belt-buckle.
Cultures/periods: Late Bronze Age (or Early Iron Age); Three Kingdoms (Korea)
Production place: Made in: Korea
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Korea
Materials
Dimensions: Length: 5.20 centimetres; Width: 7.90 centimetres
Curator's comments: Portal 2000: In the second century BC the bronze production increased, especially in southwest Korea, where many moulds have been discovered, particularly in the Yongsan river valley. Bronze artefacts include daggers, tall spear-heads, Korean-style 'ge'-halberds (with narrower blades than the Chinese type), mirrors with fine-lined geometric designs, axes with distinct shoulders, sword-sheaths decorated with twisted rope-like rings, and horse and tiger-shaped bronze belt hooks such as this piece.
Bibliographic references: Portal 2000 / Korea: Art and Archaeology (figure 16); National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage 2016 / Korean Collections at the British Museum (p.356, no.741); 국립문화재연구소 2016 / 영국박물관 소장 한국문화재 (p.356, no.741)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1995-2010, Jan-Oct, BM, Gallery 67/case3
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1945
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1945,1017.223