A WOOD DINING TABLE (SOBAN)

CHOSON PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A WOOD DINING TABLE (SOBAN)
choson period (19th century)
The octagonal surface with raised angled edges supported by four angled dog's-legs, with bracket-shaped apron, and two reinforcement bars between the legs
19½in. (49.5cm.) diameter; 13¼ (33.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

For similar examples see Chun Byong-Ok, Decorative Designs in the Houses of Chosun Dynasty Period (Seoul: Po Chin Chai, Inc., 1988), fig. 131, p. 181; Park Young-kyu, Korean wood furniture (Seoul: Sam Seong Publishing Co., Ltd., 1982), nos. 26-5, p. 227.