A POLYCHROME WOOD MODEL OF AN ATTENDANT FIGURE (DONGJA)

JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH-20TH CENTURY)

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A POLYCHROME WOOD MODEL OF AN ATTENDANT FIGURE (DONGJA)
JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH-20TH CENTURY)
Clasping in the hands a container of offerings, the inner robe white and the outer robe red with black edging, the head and hands white, the hair black with red accents at the bases of the topknots, the drapery on the reverse falling in three u-shaped, overlapping folds colored green and red
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm) high

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This sculpture of a boy attendant is called Dongja in Korean. Dongja often depicted as a boy holding offerings to gods such as auspicious animals, fruits or flowers. For a similar sculptures in the collection of Brooklyn Museum, image accessible online ( https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/163443)

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