Sale 19017
New York
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22 September 2020
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USD 25,000
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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LOW TABLE JOSEON DYNASTY (16TH-17TH CENTURY) The rectangular table set on four short cabriole legs, decorated on top and sides in inlaid mother-of-pearl and brass wires with scrolling flowers and floral latticework 20 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 12 ¼ in. (52.5 x 13 x 31 cm.)
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Exhibited
The Museum Yamato Bunkakan, Nara Prefecture, "50th Anniversary Special Exhibition III - Lacquer," 2011.8.13-10.2.
For a nearly identical table, see Kawada Tei and Takahashi Takahiro, eds., Korai Richo no raden (Mother-of-pearl inlay work of the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty) (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1986), pl. 17.
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