A WOOD DINING TABLE (SOBAN)

CHOSON PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A WOOD DINING TABLE (SOBAN)
choson period (19th century)
The polygonal surface with raised canted edges with four attachments below carved with a design of clouds, supported by a single column and four feet similarly carved to the under-supports of the table surface
14¾in. (37.5cm.) diameter; 11¼in. (28.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

For similar examples see Catalogue of Ewha Womans University Museum (Seoul: Ewha Womans University Museum, 1986), no. 703, p. 497; Kim Yoo-kyung, "Naju Soban", Koreana, Korean Art & Culture, vol. 10, no. 1, (Spring, 1996), p. 41; Park Young-kyu, Korean Wood Furniture (Seoul: Sam Seong Publishing Co. Ltd., 1982), pl. 26-7, p. 228.