COREE, DYNASTIE JOSEON, XIXEME-XXEME SIECLE

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CABINET EN LAQUE INCRUSTE DE NACRE
COREE, DYNASTIE JOSEON, XIXEME-XXEME SIECLE
Il est formé de deux coffres rectangulaires l'un sur l'autre reposant sur un piètement à quatre pieds. Chaque coffre ouvre à deux vantaux en façade. Il est orné d'un décor géométrique d'incrustations de nacre et ponctué de ferrures en métal doré en forme de papillons autour des vantaux. Le dos est orné d'un décor incrusté de nacre de bambous et pruniers en fleurs.
Dimensions: 116 x 79 x 39 cm. (45 ¾ x 31 1/8 x 15 3/8 in.)

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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER TWO-TIERED WARDROBE CABINET
KOREA, JOSEON DYNASTY, 19TH-20TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

See a close two-tiered wardrobe cabinet in the National Museum of Korea, illustrated in the catalogue of the exhibition East Asian Lacquer, at the Bukchon Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea, II-29 and another one in the catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Lacquered Wood with Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl and Painted Ox-horn Sheet Handicrafts, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul, Korea, May 1989, pl.1.

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