A WOOD FOOD TRAY (KONGOSANG)

CHOSON PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Details
A WOOD FOOD TRAY (KONGOSANG)
choson period (19th century)
The octagonal surface with raised rounded edge raised on faceted panel-sides alternating with pierced wanja roundels and oval hand holes
17½in. (44.5cm.) diameter; 10½in. (26.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

For other trays see Byung-Ok Chun, Decorative Designs in the Houses of Chosun Dynasty Period (Seoul: Po Chin Chai, Inc., 1988), figs. 119, 123; Park Young-kyu, Korean Wood Furniture (Seoul: Sam Seong Publishing Co., Ltd, 1982), no. 26--12 and 13, pp.228-29.