Lot Essay
For another ruler see Ho-Am Art Museum, ed., Treasures of the Late Choson Dynasty 1700-1910, exh. cat. (Seoul: Samsung Art and Culture Foundation, 1998), pl. 141.
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CHOSON PERIOD (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
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An Oxhorn-Mounted Wood Ruler
Choson period (Late 19th-Early 20th Century)
Wood, of oval section applied with thin sheets of oxhorn painted on the reverse in pigments of red, white, green, yellow and red with dragons and peonies, the outlines rendered in black
19 5/8in. (49.7cm.) long
Choson period (Late 19th-Early 20th Century)
Wood, of oval section applied with thin sheets of oxhorn painted on the reverse in pigments of red, white, green, yellow and red with dragons and peonies, the outlines rendered in black
19 5/8in. (49.7cm.) long