JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)

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An Inlaid Lacquer Cabinet
Joseon dynasty (19th century)
Rectangular, with rectangular base supported by four inward-turned legs and fitted with symmetrically arranged drawers of various sizes, the exterior lacquer inlaid with green and red shagreen and horn accented by wire, some twisted, with confronted phoenixes and blossoms on the hinged doors, lotus scroll on the sides, with a dragon and tiger on the top and with yin-yang symbols on the interior, completing the felicitous imagery; the stand decorated en suite; engraved metal fittings
26 3/8 x 23 1/8 x 16½in. (67 x 59 x 42cm.)

Lot Essay

For another cabinet, see Monica Kopplin, Ostasiatische Lackkunst: Ausgewählte Arbeiten (East Asian Lacquer: Selected Works [in the BASF Museum für Lackkunst]) Münster: n.d. [c. 1993], cat. no. 24.

Previously sold Chistie's, London, 19 June, 2002, lot 65

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