A KOREAN INLAID LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX, the long rectangular box with sliding cover, inlaid in mother-of-pearl on the lid with a scene of two cranes, plum, rock and fungus and on the long sides with fruiting trees, rocks and fish swimming in a stream, the ends inlaid with bamboo, the interior deep brownish-black lacquer matching the exterior, Yi Dynasty, 18th/19th Century

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A KOREAN INLAID LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX, the long rectangular box with sliding cover, inlaid in mother-of-pearl on the lid with a scene of two cranes, plum, rock and fungus and on the long sides with fruiting trees, rocks and fish swimming in a stream, the ends inlaid with bamboo, the interior deep brownish-black lacquer matching the exterior, Yi Dynasty, 18th/19th Century
39.3 x 11.6 x 8.9cm.
Literature
Korai richo raden, 'Inlaid Lacquer of the Koryo and Yi Dynasties', Nara Kenritsu Bijutsukan, 1986, no.53 (illustrated)

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