Side-dish Lacquer Box with Peony and Scroll Design Inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl
Box
1550-1599 (made)
1550-1599 (made)
Place of origin |
This is a five-tiered box used to store side dishes. The surface of the box was covered with hemp before being lacquered and decorated with mother-of- pearl inlay. The lid and the four sides of each tier are adorned with peony scrolls including full-bloomed flower heads, acanthus leaves, and vines. They are inlaid in mosaics of thin strips of mother-of-pearl for the vine and in mother-of-pearl cut- outs for the flowers and leaves with details of peony flowers expressed in incised lines. The inside of the lid is embellished with orchid flowers and leaves. Decorations on the rim of each tier and on the four sides of the lid are made with broken pieces of mother-of- pearl. The height of each of the tiers decreases towards the top, and each tier has short legs to make the upper plate stable.
Object details
Object type | |
Parts | This object consists of 6 parts.
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Title | Side-dish Lacquer Box with Peony and Scroll Design Inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Lacquered wood and shell.
Korean inlaid lacquer (najeon chilgi 나전칠기) , filing technique (jureumjil 줄음질)
The object has a coat of shellac that gives it a yellow-brown tint. |
Brief description | Woo, Korea, vess/cont/holders, lacquer Woo, Korea, vess/cont/holders, lacquer Woo, Korea, vess/cont/holders, lacquer Woo, Korea, vess/cont/holders, lacquer Woo, Korea, vess/cont/holders, lacquer Woo, Korea, vess/cont/holders, lacquer |
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Credit line | Given by Mr. A.L.B. Ashton |
Subjects depicted | |
Summary | This is a five-tiered box used to store side dishes. The surface of the box was covered with hemp before being lacquered and decorated with mother-of- pearl inlay. The lid and the four sides of each tier are adorned with peony scrolls including full-bloomed flower heads, acanthus leaves, and vines. They are inlaid in mosaics of thin strips of mother-of-pearl for the vine and in mother-of-pearl cut- outs for the flowers and leaves with details of peony flowers expressed in incised lines. The inside of the lid is embellished with orchid flowers and leaves. Decorations on the rim of each tier and on the four sides of the lid are made with broken pieces of mother-of- pearl. The height of each of the tiers decreases towards the top, and each tier has short legs to make the upper plate stable. |
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Collection | |
Accession number | W.43:1-1938 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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