A Korean Inlaid Lacquer Box and Cover, 17th century

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Description

34.8 by 25 by 7.5cm., 13 3/4 by 9 7/8 by 3in.

of rectangular form, inlaid in mother-of-pearl and wire with scattered lotus and chrysanthemum flowers and scrolling foliage, the lotus heads with finely engraved lines, the stems of the foliage in twisted wire, the cover with a 'key-fret' border, the interior of black lacquer

Literature

Boxes of this type are illustrated, Hirokazu Arakawa, Raden, Domeisha, 1985, Nos. 167, 168 and 178