A Painted-wood Figure of a Boy Attendant (Dongja)
A Painted-wood Figure of a Boy Attendant (Dongja)

JOSEON DYNASTY (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A Painted-wood Figure of a Boy Attendant (Dongja)
Joseon dynasty (late 19th century)
Dressed in typical costume of pleated robe, shoes and fluted cap and with a shoulder scarf trailing over the raised arms, the wood painted in pigments of white for the face and other accents and with red, green and black; the figure set on an oval, short plinth
25 3/8in. (64.5cm.) high

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