CHOSON PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A REVERSE-PAINTED OXHORN-APPLIED WOOD BOX (HWAGAK HAEM)
choson period (19th century)
Square, with shallow, square cover hinged in two places at the back, applied on the top with four square oxhorn panels painted on the reverse in yellow, green, red and black on an orange-red ground with confronted phoenixes and cranes and clouds in opposite corners, applied on the sides with rectangular panels, painted on the front with a pair of deer, pine, black bird, and flowers, on the right side with a striped tiger under a pine opposite a whiskered carp, dragon, flaming pearl and clouds, on the back with a mythical beast, hare, pine and flowers and on the left side with a crane, phoenix, mountains and two dragons and the sun, fitted with metal buckle-form hinges and with square lockplate and tongue-form hasp
9 x 9 x 5 7/8in. (22.7 x 22.7 x 15cm.)
choson period (19th century)
Square, with shallow, square cover hinged in two places at the back, applied on the top with four square oxhorn panels painted on the reverse in yellow, green, red and black on an orange-red ground with confronted phoenixes and cranes and clouds in opposite corners, applied on the sides with rectangular panels, painted on the front with a pair of deer, pine, black bird, and flowers, on the right side with a striped tiger under a pine opposite a whiskered carp, dragon, flaming pearl and clouds, on the back with a mythical beast, hare, pine and flowers and on the left side with a crane, phoenix, mountains and two dragons and the sun, fitted with metal buckle-form hinges and with square lockplate and tongue-form hasp
9 x 9 x 5 7/8in. (22.7 x 22.7 x 15cm.)