Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design
1800s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design, 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Lacquered wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl and twisted brass and copper wire; overall: 11.5 x 11.6 x 87 cm (4 1/2 x 4 9/16 x 34 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1990.15 This technique of using the inlays of iridescent mother-of-pearl and abalone shells has been practiced in Korea for over a thousand years,
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Lacquer
- Formatted Medium
- lacquered wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl and twisted brass and copper wire
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11.5 x 11.6 x 87 cm (4 1/2 x 4 9/16 x 34 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1990.15
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
- Exhibitions
- Notable Acquisitions, Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art, Object in Focus: Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design, 1800s; Korea; (inlaid mother-of-pearl; 1990.15), Conversation about Diversity in Korean Embroidery Arts- Korean Gallery 236 Rotation, <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 238)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 26, 2013-January 12, 2015).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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