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Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
A Mother-of-pearl-inlaid Lacquer Box
JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Mother-of-pearl-inlaid Lacquer Box
Joseon dynasty (19th century)
The large rectangular box with close-fitting, overhanging cover and flat base, the lid inlaid in mother-of-pearl with a large rectangular reserve of a hut within a bamboo fence, mountains and grove of bamboo within a border of four corner leaves and slender double-lines, the reserve in turn surrounded by a lotus meander that is repeated on the four sides above a narrow band of wavy lines, the exterior of the lower box inlaid with matching panels of scrolling lotus; the ground overall and wood base brownish black lacquer and the interior of the box lined in yellow paper; applied with flower-form metal shoulder and corner mounts
13 9/16 x 10 3/8 x 3¾in. (35 x 26.5 x 9.3cm.)
Joseon dynasty (19th century)
The large rectangular box with close-fitting, overhanging cover and flat base, the lid inlaid in mother-of-pearl with a large rectangular reserve of a hut within a bamboo fence, mountains and grove of bamboo within a border of four corner leaves and slender double-lines, the reserve in turn surrounded by a lotus meander that is repeated on the four sides above a narrow band of wavy lines, the exterior of the lower box inlaid with matching panels of scrolling lotus; the ground overall and wood base brownish black lacquer and the interior of the box lined in yellow paper; applied with flower-form metal shoulder and corner mounts
13 9/16 x 10 3/8 x 3¾in. (35 x 26.5 x 9.3cm.)
Provenance
Acquired from King's Kyth Company Limited, October 1974
Literature
Lee Yu-Kuan, Oriental Lacquer Art (New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill, published for Oriental House, Ltd., Tokyo, 1972), no. 203.
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