CHOSON PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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AN INLAID AND LACQUERED-WOOD BOX (JAGAE HAEM)
choson period (late 19th century)
Rectangular, with rear-hinged top, inlaid on the top in mother-of-pearl with a medallion of four auspicious characters centering a double-happiness character which is bordered by a pair of flying cranes, fruiting peach boughs and small clouds, a slightly larger cloud cluster in each corner, decorated on the front panel in inlaid mother-of-pearl with auspicious plants and animals, on the side panels with crabs and carp below flowering bushes and rock, and on the back panel with a stand of flowers, rock and grass; the surrounding surfaces covered by black lacquer; fitted with metal mounts, lockplate and lock, the interior lined with bright pink paper, base undecorated
17 x 10 x 11in. (44.5 x 25.9 x 28.2cm.)
choson period (late 19th century)
Rectangular, with rear-hinged top, inlaid on the top in mother-of-pearl with a medallion of four auspicious characters centering a double-happiness character which is bordered by a pair of flying cranes, fruiting peach boughs and small clouds, a slightly larger cloud cluster in each corner, decorated on the front panel in inlaid mother-of-pearl with auspicious plants and animals, on the side panels with crabs and carp below flowering bushes and rock, and on the back panel with a stand of flowers, rock and grass; the surrounding surfaces covered by black lacquer; fitted with metal mounts, lockplate and lock, the interior lined with bright pink paper, base undecorated
17 x 10 x 11in. (44.5 x 25.9 x 28.2cm.)