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THE ROBERT MOORE COLLECTION OF KOREAN ART
A Mother-of-Pearl-Inlaid Lacquered Wood Accessory Box
JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)
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A Mother-of-Pearl-Inlaid Lacquered Wood Accessory Box
Joseon dynasty (19th century)
Of rectangular shape, with a large lower drawer, slightly smaller middle drawer and two small top drawers, each fitted with metal pulls and lined on the interiors with paper, densely inlaid in mother-of-pearl with different panels, the large drawer with a scholar and attendant on a veranda below a willow tree, the middle drawer with a pair of mandarin ducks in a stream, a symbol of marital bliss, and the top drawers with a sun and scalloped clouds, the two sides and top each inlaid with three large florets and the surface applied with brownish black lacquer
7 x 8¼ x 9 1/8in. (17.7 x 20.8 x 22.8cm.)
Joseon dynasty (19th century)
Of rectangular shape, with a large lower drawer, slightly smaller middle drawer and two small top drawers, each fitted with metal pulls and lined on the interiors with paper, densely inlaid in mother-of-pearl with different panels, the large drawer with a scholar and attendant on a veranda below a willow tree, the middle drawer with a pair of mandarin ducks in a stream, a symbol of marital bliss, and the top drawers with a sun and scalloped clouds, the two sides and top each inlaid with three large florets and the surface applied with brownish black lacquer
7 x 8¼ x 9 1/8in. (17.7 x 20.8 x 22.8cm.)