A Reverse-Painted Oxhorn-Applied Wood Sewing Ruler

CHOSON PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A Reverse-Painted Oxhorn-Applied Wood Sewing Ruler
Choson Period (19th century)
Long and slender and of oval section, applied with oxhorn painted in pigments of yellow, green, red and black with ten panels of flowers which serve as the short measures, five of which are additionally marked with eleven short rule lines, and painted on opposite sides and on opposite ends with two long measures of dragons and clouds on red grounds
21 7/8in. (53cm.) long

拍品專文

For other rulers see Wee dae han munwha rhusan yel chat ah suh (3)/Treasures of the Late Choson Dynasty, 1700-1910, exh. cat. [Ho-Am Art Museum] (Seoul: Samsung Culture Foundation, 1998), pl. 141; Choi Sunu, Hanguk misul ochunryun/5000 Years of Korean Arts (Seoul: Hyun Arm sa, 1978), pl. 376 [coll. National Museum of Korea, Seoul].